jeu de motsn.

Brit.

/ˌʒəː də ˈməʊ/, U.S.

/ˌʒə də ˈmoʊ/

Inflections: Plural jeux de mots;

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French jeu de mots.

Etymology: < French jeu de mots (1666) < jeu game (see jeu de dames n.) + de de prep. + mots , plural of mot word (see mot n.²). Compare wordplay n. at word n. and int. Compounds 2 and the German parallel cited at that entry.In plural form jeux de mots after the French plural form. Compare the following earlier occurrences of the French compound in an English context:1731 E. Budgell Let. to Cleomenes 155 In these Jests,..there is what the French call a Jeu de Mots, an Allusion to the Word,..which it is impossible to preserve in any Translation.1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 29 Nov. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 144 It consists..of puns (or as the French properly call it, Jeu de mots) upon his name.

Esp. in French contexts: a play on words; a pun.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun

allusion1550

nick1561

paronomasia1577

paronomasy1592

quiblin1605

quibblea1627

quiblet1627

clinch1629

quibbling1633

clink1634

clench1638

pun1644

conundrum1645

whim1652

pundigrion1673

jeu de mots1823

calembour1830

Tom Swifty1963

paronym1982

1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. ii. 31 I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 27 July 3/2 Of course, many jeux de mots—as distinguished from jeux d'esprits—would be sacrificed.

1919 Classical Jrnl. 14 348 The Greek ear was as fond of jeux de mots as was the Roman.

1974 V. Nabokov Let. 23 July in Sel. Lett. (1989) 534 When he tries especially hard to render what he assumes to be yet another arbitrary jeu de mots on the author's part, he lapses into macaronic nonsense.

2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning i. 1 I had laughed in an inappropriate manner thinking he had said, ‘C'est la vie’, imagining a little Gallic jeu de mots, a bitter-sweet Frenchness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jeu de mots
释义	jeu de motsn. Brit. /ˌʒəː də ˈməʊ/, U.S. /ˌʒə də ˈmoʊ/ Inflections: Plural jeux de mots; Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French jeu de mots. Etymology: < French jeu de mots (1666) < jeu game (see jeu de dames n.) + de de prep. + mots , plural of mot word (see mot n.²). Compare wordplay n. at word n. and int. Compounds 2 and the German parallel cited at that entry.In plural form jeux de mots after the French plural form. Compare the following earlier occurrences of the French compound in an English context:1731 E. Budgell Let. to Cleomenes 155 In these Jests,..there is what the French call a Jeu de Mots, an Allusion to the Word,..which it is impossible to preserve in any Translation.1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 29 Nov. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 144 It consists..of puns (or as the French properly call it, Jeu de mots) upon his name. Esp. in French contexts: a play on words; a pun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun allusion1550 nick1561 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 quiblin1605 quibblea1627 quiblet1627 clinch1629 quibbling1633 clink1634 clench1638 pun1644 conundrum1645 whim1652 pundigrion1673 jeu de mots1823 calembour1830 Tom Swifty1963 paronym1982 1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. ii. 31 I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 27 July 3/2 Of course, many jeux de mots—as distinguished from jeux d'esprits—would be sacrificed. 1919 Classical Jrnl. 14 348 The Greek ear was as fond of jeux de mots as was the Roman. 1974 V. Nabokov Let. 23 July in Sel. Lett. (1989) 534 When he tries especially hard to render what he assumes to be yet another arbitrary jeu de mots on the author's part, he lapses into macaronic nonsense. 2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning i. 1 I had laughed in an inappropriate manner thinking he had said, ‘C'est la vie’, imagining a little Gallic jeu de mots, a bitter-sweet Frenchness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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