embarras de choixn.

Brit.

/ɒmbəˌrɑː də ˈʃwɑː/, U.S.

/ˌɑmbəˈrɑ də ˈʃwɑ/

Forms:

α. 1800s l'embarras de choix, 1800s– l'embarras du choix.

β. 1800s– embarras de choix, 1800s– embarras du choix, 1800s– embarrass de choix, 1800s– embarrass du choix.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French L'embarras du choix, embarras de choix.

Etymology: Originally (i) < French L'embarras du choix, the title of a comedy by L. de Boissy (1741) < le the + embarras embarras n. + du of the + choix choice n. In forms with medial de probably partly (ii) remodelled after embarras de richesse n., and partly (iii) < French embarras de choix (1831 or earlier, rare) < embarras embarras n. + de of + choix choice n.

(The state of having) an (overwhelming or encumbering) excess or abundance of options from which to make a selection. Cf. embarras de richesse n. and embarrassment n. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount

overchargea1325

outrakea1400

surcharge1603

superflux1608

overquantitya1626

overflux1633

gluta1652

overdose1700

excresce1707

overseta1715

embarras de richesse1750

sickener1809

embarras de choix1825

richesse1875

basinful1935

1825 Dublin & London Mag. Mar. 27/1 It is not that I lack subjects, but that they crowd upon me in too great numbers. It is l'embarras du choix that I labour under.

1875 J. Burnley West Riding Sketches 216 Those who prefer some other way of whiling away the idle hours have an embarras de choix in the way of amusements.

1924 W. S. Churchill Let. 20 Feb. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xii. 278 We had a very good hunt the last day at Mimizan. There were no less than eleven pigs: embarras de choix.

1977 Time 2 May 7/3 To Europeans, the U.S. seems to have an embarras du choix as alternatives to imported oil.

2009 W. Lister Amico iv. 151 Parisian concertgoers were faced with an embarras de choix: on the same day..a similar concert was given at the Théâtre Italien.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embarras de choix
释义	embarras de choixn. Brit. /ɒmbəˌrɑː də ˈʃwɑː/, U.S. /ˌɑmbəˈrɑ də ˈʃwɑ/ Forms: α. 1800s l'embarras de choix, 1800s– l'embarras du choix. β. 1800s– embarras de choix, 1800s– embarras du choix, 1800s– embarrass de choix, 1800s– embarrass du choix. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French L'embarras du choix, embarras de choix. Etymology: Originally (i) < French L'embarras du choix, the title of a comedy by L. de Boissy (1741) < le the + embarras embarras n. + du of the + choix choice n. In forms with medial de probably partly (ii) remodelled after embarras de richesse n., and partly (iii) < French embarras de choix (1831 or earlier, rare) < embarras embarras n. + de of + choix choice n. (The state of having) an (overwhelming or encumbering) excess or abundance of options from which to make a selection. Cf. embarras de richesse n. and embarrassment n. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount overchargea1325 outrakea1400 surcharge1603 superflux1608 overquantitya1626 overflux1633 gluta1652 overdose1700 excresce1707 overseta1715 embarras de richesse1750 sickener1809 embarras de choix1825 richesse1875 basinful1935 1825 Dublin & London Mag. Mar. 27/1 It is not that I lack subjects, but that they crowd upon me in too great numbers. It is l'embarras du choix that I labour under. 1875 J. Burnley West Riding Sketches 216 Those who prefer some other way of whiling away the idle hours have an embarras de choix in the way of amusements. 1924 W. S. Churchill Let. 20 Feb. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xii. 278 We had a very good hunt the last day at Mimizan. There were no less than eleven pigs: embarras de choix. 1977 Time 2 May 7/3 To Europeans, the U.S. seems to have an embarras du choix as alternatives to imported oil. 2009 W. Lister Amico iv. 151 Parisian concertgoers were faced with an embarras de choix: on the same day..a similar concert was given at the Théâtre Italien. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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