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grandeurn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French grandeur. Etymology: < French grandeur height, length, size, power, splendour, magnificence (12th cent. in Old French), high degree of rank or nobility, eminence (14th cent. or earlier), pride, presumption (a1400) < grand grand adj. + -eur -eur suffix.The β. forms show varying degrees of naturalization of the ending; compare -ure suffix1, -our suffix, -or suffix. †1. the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] c1500 (1895) 120 Whan he considered the grandeur & the facion of Vryan. 1632 W. Lithgow v. 191 Their circle spred tops, do kisse..the lower cloudes; making their grandure over-looke the highest bodies of all other aspiring trees. the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] 1599 R. Hakluyt (new ed.) II. ii. 198 The variety and grandure of all rich commoties [sic] would be more then sufficient to content both the aduenturers desire & the souldiers trauell. 1615 P. Simson II. v. iv. 40 As the men of Lybia in colour, haire, grandure of lippes, and amplenesse of breathing partes they are different from the men of Europe. 1634 ‘Philiatreus’ sig. C Of two burnt fevers equall in grandure that which fals out in the Summer to a young man leane of body, of temper hot, shall not be so dangerous. 1658 J. Webb tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède viii. i. 4 Consolations, which..sweetened the Grandure of their displeasure. 2. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > elevated rank 1600 J. Colville sig. A5v No more can my partiall cavillations impeshe his Maiesties possibilities, or diminish anie thing of his grandeur. 1632 W. Lithgow x. 497 Gentry..All which in each degree, as they illuminat the soyle with grandure, so [etc.]. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ sig. D2 Freely to renounce Glory and Granduer, to pass from a Throne to an Hermitage. 1705 T. Hearne (ed. 2) I. iii. 481 The great number of Coyns..and Inscriptions continually dug up in this Place, are so many Instances of its Lustre and Grandeur. 1741 C. Middleton II. xii. 563 This was the old constitution of Rome, by which it had raised itself to all its grandor. 1815 M. Elphinstone iii. v. 436 They still fondly recal the ancient grandeur of their tribe. 1871 J. S. Blackie i. 26 Estimating our national grandeur by the visible pomp of gigantic machinery. 1892 15 July 56/1 Paranoia bears fruit in delusions of persecution, or hallucinations, or delusions of grandeur. 1956 ‘M. Innes’ ii. i. 101 The University..had given them their impressive title while experiencing delusions of grandeur. 2004 S. Tsang viii. 102 The grandeur of the British Empire ensured no effective challenge was made against it until its weakness and fragility came to be exposed by the Japanese. society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] 1632 W. Lithgow viii. 361 There is a more sublime over-mastering policy, subtilty, and provident foresight, in meere naturall men as Turkes be, then in our best Grandeurs. 1650 E. Williams Ep. Ded. sig. B1 This Dedication in it selfe unworthy the hour of an addresse to your Grandeurs. 1708 iii. 21 Mortal Sin..has Inabled a Man..to Strut among his Neighbours, with the Illustrious Titles of, Our Major, and, The Captain, or, His Worship. Such magnificant Grandeurs, make many to Stagger Egregiously! 1830 S. Morgan II. 266 We perceived some of the faded grandeurs of the quarter reposing over their frugal desert, with a certain air of nobility. 1897 W. C. Hazlitt 78 Freemasonry enables them to associate on equal terms with Brother Magnificences and Grandeurs. the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [noun] > dignity 1615 P. Simson II. vi. ii. 25 This grandure (I say) of his proud conceats, & vaine interpretation of Scripture. 1644 H. Parker 20 That arrogant tumor or grandour of mind which is incompatible with brotherly demeanour. 1702 I. ii. 98 The Earl of Essex still preserving his Grandeur and Punctuality, positively Refused to meddle in the Treaty. 1797 W. Godwin i. vi. 41 The tranquil grandeur of an elevated mind. 1851 W. S. Landor 60 Disdain for popularity, unobtrusive wisdom, sedate grandor. 1856 R. W. Emerson iv. 59 As you go north..as you enter Scotland, the world's Englishman is no longer found..there is a rapid loss of all grandeur of mien and manners. 1871 J. E. Cooke 527 Such was the grandeur and urbaneness of his manner. 1911 Apr. 925/2 Mrs. Hannah Pritchard played Lady Macbeth and overwhelmed beholders by..the grandeur of her imperial manner. 1975 18 Aug. 77/3 The grandeur of her carriage makes even a simple rhythmic port de bras..an exciting dance experience. 2013 23 Nov. a12/3 The egotism and self-delusionary grandeur of a man who is..shallow and ordinary. 4. the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > aesthetic quality or good taste > [noun] > specific 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon viii. ix. 209 The Gods..maintaine and keepe this orderly course of the whole world, so certaine, perpetuall, infallible and for the grandeur [Fr. grandeur] and beauty thereof so inexplicable. 1638 T. Herbert (rev. ed.) 185 The gardens challenge our attention; than which for grandeur and fragor no Citie in Asia out-vies her. 1749 D. Hartley i. iv. 419 The Grandeur of some Scenes and the Novelty of others. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in 10 That form [sc. man's], the labour of Almighty skill..bespeaks control, But borrows all its grandeur from the soul. View more context for this quotation 1810 J. Kennedy I. 69 Then shall, in stately grandeur, grow The woody monarchs of the glade. 1868 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow (1891) III. 121 Switzerland..outbids the imagination by its grandeurs and perpetual surprises. 1874 J. R. Green vii. §7. 413 The genius of Shakspere rising year by year into supremer grandeur. 1920 May 51/1 (advt.) The Green mountains on the East and the Adirondacks to the Southwest stretch away in lofty grandeur. 1960 Aug. 857/1 The grandeurs and miseries of the American national capital. 2008 Jan. 61 (caption) The Vail mansion epitomizes the massive grandeur that the Second Empire style can achieve. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > specifically of places or language society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence 1657 J. Trapp (Job i. 1) 2 That it was by inspiration of God, is testified..by the divine Grandeur and Majesty of the stile. 1662 E. Stillingfleet iii. i. §15 The grandeur..of the whole books of the Æneids. 1771 W. Lauder 22 His Hexameters would, in Grandeur and Loftiness, have excelled his Elegiac Distich. 1819 T. Busby I. 385 While I listen to his Allelujah Chorus in the Messiah,..the massy grandeur appeals not only to my ear, but to my soul. 1870 J. H. Newman ii. x. 441 Who can deny the superhuman grandeur and impressiveness of that sacred book, the Apocalypse? 1897 3 Nov. 4/3 The grandeur which is the chief characteristic of the Latin hexameter. 1947 A. Einstein iii. 20 The 18th-century stylistic period that preceded the Empire, the Rococo, had been a last tremulous echo of the grandeur of the Baroque. 1979 J. Raban iv. 124 Ordinary courtesies in Arabic take on a quality of Miltonic grandeur when translated directly in to English. 2003 (Nexis) 30 Apr. 7 Here is music of operatic grandeur, of erotic longings and languishings. the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun] 1652 H. Cogan tr. M. de Scudery i. v. 111 I have a desire..to acquaint her with all the magnificences, and all the grandeurs [Fr. grandeurs] which you have quitted for her sake. 1672 A. Marvell i. 26 He undertook to abate of our Episcopall Grandeur, and condescended indeed to reduce the Ceremonious Discipline in these Nations to the Primitive Simplicity. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury III. Misc. iii. ii. 173 The Love of Grandure and Magnificence, wrong turn'd; may have possess'd his Imagination over-strongly with such things as Frontispieces, Parterres, Equipages [etc.]. 1724 No. 6240/3 Sensible..of the Nothingness of this World and the Vanity of its Grandeurs. 1785 W. Cowper v. 158 Nor wanted aught within, That royal residence might well befit, For grandeur or for use. 1847 H. Miller xviii. 348 I was placed rather high for witnessing with the right feeling the gaudes and the grandeurs [of the Lord Mayor's procession]. 1856 R. W. Emerson xi. 182 The English go to their estates for grandeur. The French live at court, and exile themselves to their estates for economy. 1878 H. B. Stowe xi. 93 Leghorn bonnets were a newly-imported test of station, grandeur and gentility in Poganuc. 1901 R. C. Dutt (1995) xi. 127 They have left us an account of the grandeur of the royal camp and the caprices of the emperor Jahangir. a1924 J. Conrad (1925) iii. 37 That his old friend should ever be dazzled by imperial grandeurs Sir Charles could not believe. 1988 R. Turnbull 12e Those rascals..settle into the gracious grandeur of Victoria's famed Empress Hotel. 2002 W. Fiennes ii. 33 Nearby houses strained for peculiar grandeurs. 2007 (U.K. ed.) May 193/3 The grandeur of great wooden staircases and beautifully embellished plasterwork is softened by personal touches. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > nobility of character or sentiments 1656 H. L'Estrange 37 The internal Grandour of the mind, may perhaps exist; visible, conspicuous it cannot be, without external Grandour of Estate. 1669 T. Gale i. i. 2 This Grandeur, and sovereign Perfection of God. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond 204 The Grandeur of the Soul cannot consist with the filthiness of Avarice. 1712 J. Addison No. 487. ¶8 There seems something in this Consideration that intimates to us a Natural Grandeur and Perfection in the Soul. 1743 E. Young 28 To none Man seems ignoble, but to Man; Angels that Grandeur, Men o'erlook, admire. 1797 A. Radcliffe I. ii. 68 I am ready to sacrifice inferior duties to the grandeur of a principle, which ought to expand all hearts and impel all actions. 1841 R. W. Emerson Circles in 1st Ser. (London ed.) 317 The great man will not be prudent in the popular sense; all his prudence will be so much deduction from his grandeur. 1856 W. R. Alger iii. 92 The solitary often occupy themselves with trivialities instead of grandeurs. 1884 R. W. Church iii. 59 He was no mere idealist or recluse to undervalue or despise the real grandeur of the world. 1908 J. London xiv. 125 To see moral grandeur rising out of cesspools of iniquity. 1965 M. Frayn ix. 49 The terrifying grandeur of our work, the sadness and the hugeness of it all. 2012 C. Hutchison iii. 103 Trying..to imbue the Confederate war effort with a transcendent grandeur. Derivatives society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > grandee > position of grandee 1691 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy 133 The Heiress of the House and Grandeurship [Fr. grandat] of Castel Rodrigue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1500 |
