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单词 empressé
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empresséadj.

Brit. /ɒmˈprɛseɪ/, U.S. /ˌɑmˌprɛˈseɪ/
Forms: 1800s empressées (designating women), 1800s– empressé.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empressé.
Etymology: < French empressé, use as adjective of empressé , past participle of empresser (reflexive) to be eager or keen (2nd half of the 16th cent. in this sense: see further empress v.). Compare earlier empressement n.
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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