dulce et decorumn.

Brit.

/ˌdʌlsɪ ɛt dᵻˈkɔːrəm/,

/ˌdʊlkeɪ ɛt dɛˈkɔːrʊm/, U.S.

/ˌdəlsi ɛt dəˈkɔrəm/,

/ˌdʊlkeɪ ɛt dɛˈkɔrʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Latin dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī.

Etymology: Short for classical Latin dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī (see dulce et decorum est n.).

The belief or ideology that to die in battle for one's country is glorious or noble. Cf. dulce et decorum est n.

ΚΠ

1770 Princ. Mod. Patriotism Ded. p. vi You chose the better part, the dulce et decorum, your country was at stake.

1810 Madness the Rage II. ii. 12 This chimerical phantom of his own brain, this dulce et decorum of a romantic school-boy.

1838 R. M. Bird Peter Pilgrim I. 114 Happy..is he who can serve his country, enjoying,..in death, the dulce et decorum of a nation's gratitude, carved in immortal letters on his tomb.

1920 R. H. Lowie Primitive Society 340 ‘It is proper to die young’ was the dulce et decorum of Crow and Hidatsa sages.

1987 Times 4 Mar. 19/2 He soon loses faith in the myth of ‘dulce et decorum’.

2003 B. Wineapple Hawthorne (2004) 380 With their inveterate affection for dulce et decorum, many of Hawthorne's contemporaries..despised much of what he stood for.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dulce et decorum
释义	dulce et decorumn. Brit. /ˌdʌlsɪ ɛt dᵻˈkɔːrəm/, /ˌdʊlkeɪ ɛt dɛˈkɔːrʊm/, U.S. /ˌdəlsi ɛt dəˈkɔrəm/, /ˌdʊlkeɪ ɛt dɛˈkɔrʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Latin dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī. Etymology: Short for classical Latin dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī (see dulce et decorum est n.). The belief or ideology that to die in battle for one's country is glorious or noble. Cf. dulce et decorum est n. ΚΠ 1770 Princ. Mod. Patriotism Ded. p. vi You chose the better part, the dulce et decorum, your country was at stake. 1810 Madness the Rage II. ii. 12 This chimerical phantom of his own brain, this dulce et decorum of a romantic school-boy. 1838 R. M. Bird Peter Pilgrim I. 114 Happy..is he who can serve his country, enjoying,..in death, the dulce et decorum of a nation's gratitude, carved in immortal letters on his tomb. 1920 R. H. Lowie Primitive Society 340 ‘It is proper to die young’ was the dulce et decorum of Crow and Hidatsa sages. 1987 Times 4 Mar. 19/2 He soon loses faith in the myth of ‘dulce et decorum’. 2003 B. Wineapple Hawthorne (2004) 380 With their inveterate affection for dulce et decorum, many of Hawthorne's contemporaries..despised much of what he stood for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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