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单词 jeunesse dorée
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jeunesse doréen.

Brit. /ʒəːˌnɛs dɔːˈreɪ/, /ˌʒəːnɛs ˈdɔːreɪ/, U.S. /ʒəˌnɛs dəˈreɪ/, /ʒəˌnɛs ˌdɔˈreɪ/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French jeunesse dorée.
Etymology: < French jeunesse dorée (1824 in specific sense, 1835 in general sense), literally ‘gilded youth’ < jeunesse jeunesse n. + dorée , feminine of doré gilded (see doré adj.).
Originally: the group of fashionable counter-revolutionaries formed in France after the fall of Robespierre. Later more generally: young people of wealth, privilege, or fashion. Cf. gilded youth n. at gilded adj. Compounds.
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jeunesse dorée1828
1828 W. Hazlitt Life Napoleon Buonaparte I. viii. 383 The volatile genius of this people [sc. the French]..decked out the youth of the city [sc. Paris] (La Jeunesse Dorée) in the Chouan uniform.
1836 Edinb. Rev. 43 460 The indefatigable opponents of the ancient rudeness, the jeunesse dorée of Germany.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. ii. 409 Young men of what they call the Muscadin or Dandy species! Fréron, in his fondness, names them Jeunesse dorée, Golden, or Gilt Youth.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 374/1 The Jeunesse dorée and the Thermidorians had on their side the tradesmen.
1886 Athenæum 11 Sept. 329/2 We shall not envy the jeunesse dorée of the period these so-called sports.
1910 D. Schwann Bk. Bachelor 47 Mason..received the guests, who were the fine flower of dramatic and critical Bohemia, with a sprinkling of the jeunesse dorée of Society and high finance.
1969 J. Mander Static Society v. 134 Those Country Clubs where the jeunesse dorée of Lima, Caracas and Bogota cavort.
1974 D. Smith Look back with Love x. 90 The love-life of the Old Trafford jeunesse dorée.
2001 In at Deep End: Cherwell Freshers' Guide 15/2 The Duke of Cambridge, watering hole to the jeunesse dorée and cream of Oxford society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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