French crownn.

Brit.

/frɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/, U.S.

/ˌfrɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/

Forms: see French adj. and n. and crown n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: French adj., crown n.

Etymology: < French adj. + crown n., so called to distinguish it from the coin of the same name minted in England (see crown n. 32b). Compare French écu à la couronne (see crown n. 32a). In sense 2 punning on crown n. 19; compare French adj. 4.

Now historical.

1. An English name for: the écu, a French gold coin of the 15th and 16th centuries, with a value of four English shillings (see écu n., escu n.). Frequently attributive.The name continued to be used of the silver écu of the late 16th cent., which retained the same denominational value.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > silver

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1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 198 note An olde coyne of fyne golde, in whiche was striken the ymage of Philippus father vnto Alexander, whiche coyne Budeus valueth at tenne frenche crounes.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 211 If any lieth grieuously sicke, and not vnto death, giue a French crowne weight of this myxture.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eii^v You should giue him a French crowne for it.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 88 Your french crowne colour beard.

1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick xviii. viii. 384 Common French Crown Gold weighs in the Air 67 [carats], under waters 60.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Mark xiv. 45 Fifty two French crowns, and a half a crown is 6s. 8d., our Noble.

1712 I. Newton Memo. Oct. in Corr. (1975) V. 344 By weight & assay I find that an unworn French crown piece of the new species wch passes at Dunkirk & in France for five livres is worth 5s 1d sterling.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Crown The French Ecu, which we call the French Crown, struck in 1641 for 60 Sols, but now risen to 5 Livres.

1790 W. Herbert Ames' Typogr. Antiq. (rev. ed.) III. 1762 An ounce of Angel gold at that time was worth 3l. French Crown gold, 55s. and Sovereign gold, 50s.

1847 J. H. Ingraham Free-trader xiv. 54/2 Keep a sharp lookout on all sides, my men. A French crown-piece to the man that first discovers the Gaspee!

1872 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 1 433 The said captain James took a French crown out of his pocket.

1926 Times 15 July 27/5 In virtue of that Convention, Switzerland is detaining a stock of 130,255,000 French crowns.

1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 381 It appears that the name French crown was familiar not only to the theatre-goers of Marlowe's day..but also to Marlowe himself.

1995 Hist. in Afr. 22 14 The main source of silver for Kwaland seems to have been coins: English, Dutch, and French crowns, French pounds, [etc.].

2. Used punningly: the baldness caused by syphilis.Cf. French pox n. at French adj. and n. Compounds 1b.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > other blemishes

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1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 90 Some of your french crownes haue no haire at all.

1748 J. Upton Crit. Observ. Shakespeare (ed. 2) iii. 147 Making war against the hair, is an allusion to a certain stage of the distemper..called corona veneris, the venereal crown... And this allusion, obvious to the audience, frequently occurs in Johnson, as well as elsewhere in our author, upon mentioning a French crown.

1888 H. Irving & F. A. Marshall Wks. Shakespeare IV. 77/2 A bald head was frequently termed a French crown, because the baldness was supposed to come from a certain disease called ‘the French disease’.

1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 20 Mar. (Books & Visual Arts section) J2 Outsiders are liable to be blamed for vice and immorality in our midst. No example better exemplifies this than the disease ‘syphilis’... The English called it ‘French pox’ or the ‘French disease’ and referred to the baldness that syphilis produced as ‘French crown’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	french crown
释义	French crownn. Brit. /frɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/, U.S. /ˌfrɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/ Forms: see French adj. and n. and crown n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: French adj., crown n. Etymology: < French adj. + crown n., so called to distinguish it from the coin of the same name minted in England (see crown n. 32b). Compare French écu à la couronne (see crown n. 32a). In sense 2 punning on crown n. 19; compare French adj. 4. Now historical. 1. An English name for: the écu, a French gold coin of the 15th and 16th centuries, with a value of four English shillings (see écu n., escu n.). Frequently attributive.The name continued to be used of the silver écu of the late 16th cent., which retained the same denominational value. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > silver scutec1400 shieldc1405 tracent1524 French crown1542 franc1603 cardecu1605 escuc1663 target1671 silver lewis1689 écu1704 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 198 note An olde coyne of fyne golde, in whiche was striken the ymage of Philippus father vnto Alexander, whiche coyne Budeus valueth at tenne frenche crounes. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 211 If any lieth grieuously sicke, and not vnto death, giue a French crowne weight of this myxture. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eii^v You should giue him a French crowne for it. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 88 Your french crowne colour beard. View more context for this quotation 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick xviii. viii. 384 Common French Crown Gold weighs in the Air 67 [carats], under waters 60. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Mark xiv. 45 Fifty two French crowns, and a half a crown is 6s. 8d., our Noble. 1712 I. Newton Memo. Oct. in Corr. (1975) V. 344 By weight & assay I find that an unworn French crown piece of the new species wch passes at Dunkirk & in France for five livres is worth 5s 1d sterling. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Crown The French Ecu, which we call the French Crown, struck in 1641 for 60 Sols, but now risen to 5 Livres. 1790 W. Herbert Ames' Typogr. Antiq. (rev. ed.) III. 1762 An ounce of Angel gold at that time was worth 3l. French Crown gold, 55s. and Sovereign gold, 50s. 1847 J. H. Ingraham Free-trader xiv. 54/2 Keep a sharp lookout on all sides, my men. A French crown-piece to the man that first discovers the Gaspee! 1872 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 1 433 The said captain James took a French crown out of his pocket. 1926 Times 15 July 27/5 In virtue of that Convention, Switzerland is detaining a stock of 130,255,000 French crowns. 1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 381 It appears that the name French crown was familiar not only to the theatre-goers of Marlowe's day..but also to Marlowe himself. 1995 Hist. in Afr. 22 14 The main source of silver for Kwaland seems to have been coins: English, Dutch, and French crowns, French pounds, [etc.]. 2. Used punningly: the baldness caused by syphilis.Cf. French pox n. at French adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > other blemishes trench1594 French crown1600 scorch-patch1897 tree-marking1900 corona- 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 90 Some of your french crownes haue no haire at all. View more context for this quotation 1748 J. Upton Crit. Observ. Shakespeare (ed. 2) iii. 147 Making war against the hair, is an allusion to a certain stage of the distemper..called corona veneris, the venereal crown... And this allusion, obvious to the audience, frequently occurs in Johnson, as well as elsewhere in our author, upon mentioning a French crown. 1888 H. Irving & F. A. Marshall Wks. Shakespeare IV. 77/2 A bald head was frequently termed a French crown, because the baldness was supposed to come from a certain disease called ‘the French disease’. 1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 20 Mar. (Books & Visual Arts section) J2 Outsiders are liable to be blamed for vice and immorality in our midst. No example better exemplifies this than the disease ‘syphilis’... The English called it ‘French pox’ or the ‘French disease’ and referred to the baldness that syphilis produced as ‘French crown’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542
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