单词 | grisette |
释义 | grisetten. 1. An inferior grey dress fabric, formerly the common garb of working girls in France. (In quot. 1700 attributive.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > other grisette1700 mesh1725 poodle1827 albatross1877 momie1880 velvet-cloth1882 mummy cloth1886 poodle cloth1896 thorn-proof1908 blackout1941 wash-and-wear1959 breathable1961 Pertex1982 1700 T. Brown et al. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance i. i. 2 in tr. P. Scarron Whole Comical Wks. His Doublet was a Griset-Coat. 2. A French girl or young woman of the working class, esp. one employed as a shop assistant or a seamstress. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > woman Frenchwoman?a1400 madame1598 grisette1735 mademoiselle1765 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > working class > one of > woman or girl working woman1670 grisette1735 Mary Ellen1945 1735 J. Swift Stella at Wood-Park in Wks. II. 215 She vows she will no longer stay, In Lodgings, like a poor Grizette. a1745 J. Swift (title) To Betty the Grisette. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 111 In a few minutes the Grisset came in with her box of lace. 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 128 The women of Paris of all ranks, grisettes as well as Duchesses. 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. i. 23 That pretty, neat appearance which one sees in French girls of a class just a little above the grisette. 3. A noctuid moth, Acronycta strigosa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of genus Acronycta > acronycta strigosa grisette1869 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 253 The Grisette. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1700 |
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