grandeen.adj.

Brit.

/ɡranˈdiː/, U.S.

/ˌɡrænˈdi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s grande, 1600s grandie, 1600s grandy, 1500s– grandee.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish grande.

Etymology: < Spanish grande (14th cent. or earlier in grandes de españa ), specific use as noun of grande grand adj. In some instances at sense A. 1 after Portuguese grande in similar use. Compare grando n.², grandio n.

A. n.

1. A Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > grandee

almaçurc1400

grandee1593

grand1606

clarissimo1607

grando1608

adelantado1612

grandio1650

alconde1793

1593 R. Parsons & H. Walpole Newes from Spayne & Holland f. 4 His house..is very honorable and of the most auncientest Grandes of Spayne.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iii. sig. G3 Dol. What is he, Generall. Fac. An Adalantado, A Grande, Girle.

1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London i. iii. 28 Say that the Dons and Grandi'es were mine owne, And that I had the Keyes of the Court Gates Hang at my Girdle.

1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall i. sig. C^v Under a pretence of being Grandee of Spain, and cousin to twelve Princes.

1696 Proposals for National Banks (ed. 2) 10 The vast Sums of Money continually suckt from that Crown [sc. Spain] for Usury by their Dons Grandees &c. to the so great vexation and Calamity of that Indigent Common People.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4161/3 To exasperate the Spanish Grandees.

1781 L. MacNally Sentimental Excursions 186 A Grandee of Spain, whiskered up to the eye-brows..cuffed up to the arms, booted up to the hips.

1835 H. W. Longfellow Outre-mer I. 206 A muleteer bestrides his beast of burden with the air of a grandee.

1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) viii. 67 The man had lived in Spain and caught the manner of a grandee of that formal and punctilious country.

1923 N. Coward Spanish Grandee in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 59/2 My thoughts ever straying To my Spanish Grandee.

2011 F. McLynn Captain Cook v. 98 He [sc. Captain Cook] did not treat the Portuguese grandee with enough deference.

a. In extended use: a person of high rank or position; a person who is eminent or possesses significant influence in a particular sphere.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]

kingeOE

master-spiritc1175

douzepersc1330

sire1362

worthya1375

lantern1382

sira1400

greatc1400

noblec1400

persona1425

lightc1425

magnate?a1439

worthyman1439

personagec1460

giant1535

honourablec1540

triedc1540

magnifico1573

ornament1573

signor1583

hero1592

grandee1604

prominent1608

name1611

magnificent1612

choice spirita1616

illustricity1637

luminary1692

lion1715

swell1786

notable1796

top-sawyer1826

star1829

celebrity1831

notability1832

notoriety1841

mighty1853

tycoon1861

reputation1870

public figure1871

star turn1885

headliner1896

front-pager1899

legend1899

celeb1907

big name1909

big-timer1917

Hall of Famer1948

megastar1969

1604 F. Bacon Certaine Considerations Church of Eng. sig. C2^v Byshops when they gaue themselues too much to the glorie of the world, and became Grandes in Kingdomes, & great Councellors to Princes.

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. i. 1 The said Leading men or Grandees (for that is now Parliament language) First divided themselves into two factions.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 435 The Pope and Cardinals and other Grandees of that Church.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 1 Mar. Their Footmen, who are the next Grandees of the University.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 257 The retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan.

1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 393 These grandees of European scientific history.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 134 This commercial grandee, who in wealth, and in the influence which attends wealth vied with the greatest nobles of his time.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xviii. 210 Quite a typical Florentine grandee.

1927 Travel Nov. 9/1 Nevis was a popular watering resort, made gay by the grandees of the islands, naval officers and titled beauties of Europe.

1969 Newsweek 8 Dec. 124/2 He was stripped of his title by the grandees of the World Boxing Association, who don't like uppity niggers.

1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) x. 283 The voices of the Tory grandees mourning the demise of their values under the shopkeeper's daughter.

2011 Private Eye 4 Mar. 27/3 Literary grandees will gather in Trafalgar Square for a giant reading event.

b. figurative. An outstanding example of a particular class of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice

notabilityc1390

notables1484

bumming sound1598

grandee1622

observable1639

remarkable1639

observanda1663

remark1675

observation1736

crowning glory1780

attentiona1806

notabilia1849

day1918

one for the (end) books (also book)1922

1622 W. Laud Serm. White-hall 37 Three Grandies are met together; Blessing, Ioy, and Hope.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iv. 194 The Planet Mars..hath been reckoned one of the Grandees in Aetherial Regions.

1713 Let. in Guardian (1714) 28 Oct. II. 353 One of your Correspondents has, of late, entertained the Publick with a very remarkable and ancient Piece of History, in Honour of the Grandees of the Forest [sc. lions].

1827 H. Heugh Let. 8 Sept. in H. M. Macgill Life (1850) I. x. 221 Ben Nevis..the monarch among the mountain grandees of Scotland.

1913 G. Sturt Lucy Bettesworth vii. 128 A scythe..is the grandee among country tools.

1997 Yachting June 74/3 The Navy's tough World War II PT boats, which owed more than a little to the marine grandees of Long Island Sound.

B. adj.

Designating a grandee; characteristic of a grandee.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]

mereeOE

athelOE

couthOE

brightOE

namecundc1175

outnumenc1175

noble?c1225

ketec1275

sheenc1275

tirfulc1275

glorious13..

losedc1305

of great renownc1330

glorifieda1340

worthly or worthy in wonea1350

clearc1374

nameda1382

solemna1387

renomeda1393

famous?a1400

renomé?a1400

renowneda1400

notedc1400

of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430

celebrate?1440

namely1440

famosec1449

honourable?c1450

notedc1450

parent?c1450

glorificatec1460

heroical?a1475

insignite?a1475

magnific1490

well-fameda1492

exemie1497

singular1497

preclare1503

magnificential1506

laureate1508

illustre?a1513

illustred1512

magnificent1513

preclared1530

grand1542

celebrated1549

heroicc1550

lustrantc1550

magnifical1557

illustrate1562

expectablec1565

ennobled1571

laurel1579

nominated1581

famosed1582

perspicuous1582

big1587

famed1595

uplifted1596

illustrious1598

celebrousc1600

luculent1600

celebrious1604

fameful1605

famoused1606

renownful1606

bruitful1609

eminent1611

insignious1620

clarousa1636

far-fameda1640

top1647

grandee1648

signalized1652

noscible1653

splendid1660

voiced1661

gloried1671

laurelled1683

distinguished1714

distinct1756

lustrious1769

trumpeted1775

spiry1825

world-famous1832

galactic1902

tycoonish1958

mega1987

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 23 Our Grandee Pseudo politicians with their negative and demolishing Councells.

1651 Mercurius Politicus No. 71. 1127 Many others of a more Grandee humour, soon lost their Interest and Reputation.

c1770 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 44 The grandee-men go on horseback, and the grandee-women in sedan chairs.

1795 F. Reynolds Rage i. ii. 14 He's a gentleman to be sure—proud, independent, and all in the grandee style.

1846 C. Redding Velasco III. x. 321 My high-born conquest of a grandee lady at the masquerade.

1908 Catholic World Dec. 431 Inheriting from his Spanish ancestors their grandee manner.

1930 Manch. Guardian 23 Apr. 9/7 The Whig grandee lady who would never enter a hackney coach till the driver had made solemn declaration that he was not a Tory.

2013 R. Freeborn in J. Andrew & R. Reid Dostoevskii’s Overcoat iv. 93 It is the initial grandee manner of greeting that seems to have aroused the strongest resentment.

Derivatives

granˈdeeism n. the conduct or behaviour of a grandee; (also) grandees as a class.

ΚΠ

1836 Sheffield Independent 29 Oct. The grandeeism of the cormorant landlords.

1931 J. J. Daly Cheerful Ascetic 15 Grandeeism groaned that day in Spain.

2004 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Sept. 27 The Telegraph, the journal of countryside grandeeism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandee
释义	grandeen.adj. Brit. /ɡranˈdiː/, U.S. /ˌɡrænˈdi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s grande, 1600s grandie, 1600s grandy, 1500s– grandee. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish grande. Etymology: < Spanish grande (14th cent. or earlier in grandes de españa ), specific use as noun of grande grand adj. In some instances at sense A. 1 after Portuguese grande in similar use. Compare grando n.², grandio n. A. n. 1. A Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > grandee almaçurc1400 grandee1593 grand1606 clarissimo1607 grando1608 adelantado1612 grandio1650 alconde1793 1593 R. Parsons & H. Walpole Newes from Spayne & Holland f. 4 His house..is very honorable and of the most auncientest Grandes of Spayne. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iii. sig. G3 Dol. What is he, Generall. Fac. An Adalantado, A Grande, Girle. View more context for this quotation 1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London i. iii. 28 Say that the Dons and Grandi'es were mine owne, And that I had the Keyes of the Court Gates Hang at my Girdle. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall i. sig. C^v Under a pretence of being Grandee of Spain, and cousin to twelve Princes. 1696 Proposals for National Banks (ed. 2) 10 The vast Sums of Money continually suckt from that Crown [sc. Spain] for Usury by their Dons Grandees &c. to the so great vexation and Calamity of that Indigent Common People. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4161/3 To exasperate the Spanish Grandees. 1781 L. MacNally Sentimental Excursions 186 A Grandee of Spain, whiskered up to the eye-brows..cuffed up to the arms, booted up to the hips. 1835 H. W. Longfellow Outre-mer I. 206 A muleteer bestrides his beast of burden with the air of a grandee. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) viii. 67 The man had lived in Spain and caught the manner of a grandee of that formal and punctilious country. 1923 N. Coward Spanish Grandee in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 59/2 My thoughts ever straying To my Spanish Grandee. 2011 F. McLynn Captain Cook v. 98 He [sc. Captain Cook] did not treat the Portuguese grandee with enough deference. 2. a. In extended use: a person of high rank or position; a person who is eminent or possesses significant influence in a particular sphere. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 1604 F. Bacon Certaine Considerations Church of Eng. sig. C2^v Byshops when they gaue themselues too much to the glorie of the world, and became Grandes in Kingdomes, & great Councellors to Princes. 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. i. 1 The said Leading men or Grandees (for that is now Parliament language) First divided themselves into two factions. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 435 The Pope and Cardinals and other Grandees of that Church. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 1 Mar. Their Footmen, who are the next Grandees of the University. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 257 The retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan. View more context for this quotation 1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 393 These grandees of European scientific history. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 134 This commercial grandee, who in wealth, and in the influence which attends wealth vied with the greatest nobles of his time. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xviii. 210 Quite a typical Florentine grandee. 1927 Travel Nov. 9/1 Nevis was a popular watering resort, made gay by the grandees of the islands, naval officers and titled beauties of Europe. 1969 Newsweek 8 Dec. 124/2 He was stripped of his title by the grandees of the World Boxing Association, who don't like uppity niggers. 1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) x. 283 The voices of the Tory grandees mourning the demise of their values under the shopkeeper's daughter. 2011 Private Eye 4 Mar. 27/3 Literary grandees will gather in Trafalgar Square for a giant reading event. b. figurative. An outstanding example of a particular class of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice notabilityc1390 notables1484 bumming sound1598 grandee1622 observable1639 remarkable1639 observanda1663 remark1675 observation1736 crowning glory1780 attentiona1806 notabilia1849 day1918 one for the (end) books (also book)1922 1622 W. Laud Serm. White-hall 37 Three Grandies are met together; Blessing, Ioy, and Hope. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iv. 194 The Planet Mars..hath been reckoned one of the Grandees in Aetherial Regions. 1713 Let. in Guardian (1714) 28 Oct. II. 353 One of your Correspondents has, of late, entertained the Publick with a very remarkable and ancient Piece of History, in Honour of the Grandees of the Forest [sc. lions]. 1827 H. Heugh Let. 8 Sept. in H. M. Macgill Life (1850) I. x. 221 Ben Nevis..the monarch among the mountain grandees of Scotland. 1913 G. Sturt Lucy Bettesworth vii. 128 A scythe..is the grandee among country tools. 1997 Yachting June 74/3 The Navy's tough World War II PT boats, which owed more than a little to the marine grandees of Long Island Sound. B. adj. Designating a grandee; characteristic of a grandee. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] mereeOE athelOE couthOE brightOE namecundc1175 outnumenc1175 noble?c1225 ketec1275 sheenc1275 tirfulc1275 glorious13.. losedc1305 of great renownc1330 glorifieda1340 worthly or worthy in wonea1350 clearc1374 nameda1382 solemna1387 renomeda1393 famous?a1400 renomé?a1400 renowneda1400 notedc1400 of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430 celebrate?1440 namely1440 famosec1449 honourable?c1450 notedc1450 parent?c1450 glorificatec1460 heroical?a1475 insignite?a1475 magnific1490 well-fameda1492 exemie1497 singular1497 preclare1503 magnificential1506 laureate1508 illustre?a1513 illustred1512 magnificent1513 preclared1530 grand1542 celebrated1549 heroicc1550 lustrantc1550 magnifical1557 illustrate1562 expectablec1565 ennobled1571 laurel1579 nominated1581 famosed1582 perspicuous1582 big1587 famed1595 uplifted1596 illustrious1598 celebrousc1600 luculent1600 celebrious1604 fameful1605 famoused1606 renownful1606 bruitful1609 eminent1611 insignious1620 clarousa1636 far-fameda1640 top1647 grandee1648 signalized1652 noscible1653 splendid1660 voiced1661 gloried1671 laurelled1683 distinguished1714 distinct1756 lustrious1769 trumpeted1775 spiry1825 world-famous1832 galactic1902 tycoonish1958 mega1987 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 23 Our Grandee Pseudo politicians with their negative and demolishing Councells. 1651 Mercurius Politicus No. 71. 1127 Many others of a more Grandee humour, soon lost their Interest and Reputation. c1770 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 44 The grandee-men go on horseback, and the grandee-women in sedan chairs. 1795 F. Reynolds Rage i. ii. 14 He's a gentleman to be sure—proud, independent, and all in the grandee style. 1846 C. Redding Velasco III. x. 321 My high-born conquest of a grandee lady at the masquerade. 1908 Catholic World Dec. 431 Inheriting from his Spanish ancestors their grandee manner. 1930 Manch. Guardian 23 Apr. 9/7 The Whig grandee lady who would never enter a hackney coach till the driver had made solemn declaration that he was not a Tory. 2013 R. Freeborn in J. Andrew & R. Reid Dostoevskii’s Overcoat iv. 93 It is the initial grandee manner of greeting that seems to have aroused the strongest resentment. Derivatives granˈdeeism n. the conduct or behaviour of a grandee; (also) grandees as a class. ΚΠ 1836 Sheffield Independent 29 Oct. The grandeeism of the cormorant landlords. 1931 J. J. Daly Cheerful Ascetic 15 Grandeeism groaned that day in Spain. 2004 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Sept. 27 The Telegraph, the journal of countryside grandeeism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1593
随便看	lappet-moth lappet-muslin lappet-needle lappet-shedding lappet-weaving lappet-wheel lappetcloth lappeted lappetend lappetframe lappethead lappetlay lappetloom lappetmoth lappetmuslin lappetneedle lappets lappetshedding lappetweaving lappetwheel lappian lappic lappie lapping lapping cylinder