单词 | empressé |
释义 | empresséadj. Now rare. Eager, effusive. Cf. empressement n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > exhibiting itself effuse1577 effusivea1687 gushing1815 empressé1828 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager yevereOE frecka1000 cofc1000 fousOE sharpc1000 anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 hardya1387 hetera1400 yeverousa1400 belivea1450 forthward1488 yapc1500 ertand1508 tite?a1540 high1649 fell1667 forwardeda1674 agog1683 enthusiastic1777 empressé1878 rearing1904 press-on1948 1828 J. Banim Anglo-Irish II. i. 20 She laughed slightly, and, still speaking French, said, ‘Your apology need not be so empressé.’ 1830 C. Bury Exclusives III. ii. 27 ‘I beg you to receive my warmest congratulation, my dear Lady Glenmore,’ he said, approaching her in his most empressé manner, as if his whole heart was in his words. 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. ii. 42 All the French women were exceedingly empressées in their manner towards the Great Unknown. 1878 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine II. xvii. 23 Be low, be depressed, but, at the right moment, empressé and earnest. 1929 E. Bowen Last September xiv. 171 He's quite different. Quite empressé... But I don't expect there is anything in that really. 1944 G. V. Williams Courier to Marrakesh ii. 11 He was most empressé, the Captain. He told me you were a great artiste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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