hors d'œuvreadv.n.

/ɔː ˈdəːv(rə)/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘outside (the) work’.

A. adv.

Out of the ordinary course of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > out of the ordinary course of things

out of the road of1609

hors d'œuvre1715

1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 576. ¶5 The Frenzy of one who is given up for a Lunatick, is a Frenzy hors d'œuvre..something which is singular in its Kind.

B. n. [The plural, which remains unchanged in French, usually has -s in English.]

1. Something out of the ordinary course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness > something out of the ordinary course

hors d'œuvre1783

1783 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 11 June (1858) VIII. 379 This is a hors d'œuvre, nor do I know a word of news.

2. An extra dish served as a relish to whet the appetite between the courses of a meal or (more generally) at its commencement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > course > [noun] > hors d'oeuvre

hors d'œuvre1742

antipasto1934

crudités1960

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 309 He..Try'd all hors-d'œuvres, all Liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly daring din'd.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 233 I have seen turnips make their appearance, not as a desert, but by way of hors d'oeuvres, or whets.

1898 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 85 The more unpalatable is an hors d'œuvre [to him], the more fashionable is the dinner which it precedes.

figurative.1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine xiii Art and literature were for him the hors d'œuvres of life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	hors dœuvre
释义	hors d'œuvreadv.n. /ɔː ˈdəːv(rə)/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘outside (the) work’. A. adv. Out of the ordinary course of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > out of the ordinary course of things out of the road of1609 hors d'œuvre1715 1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 576. ¶5 The Frenzy of one who is given up for a Lunatick, is a Frenzy hors d'œuvre..something which is singular in its Kind. B. n. [The plural, which remains unchanged in French, usually has -s in English.] 1. Something out of the ordinary course. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness > something out of the ordinary course hors d'œuvre1783 1783 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 11 June (1858) VIII. 379 This is a hors d'œuvre, nor do I know a word of news. 2. An extra dish served as a relish to whet the appetite between the courses of a meal or (more generally) at its commencement. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > course > [noun] > hors d'oeuvre hors d'œuvre1742 antipasto1934 crudités1960 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 309 He..Try'd all hors-d'œuvres, all Liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly daring din'd. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 233 I have seen turnips make their appearance, not as a desert, but by way of hors d'oeuvres, or whets. 1898 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 85 The more unpalatable is an hors d'œuvre [to him], the more fashionable is the dinner which it precedes. figurative.1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine xiii Art and literature were for him the hors d'œuvres of life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adv.n.1715
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