单词 | livre de chevet |
释义 | livre de chevetn. Esp. in French contexts: a bedside book; a favourite book. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book for specific occasion > [noun] > specific Christmas book1769 lounging-booka1797 lounge-book1800 railway novel1849 birthday book?1859 livre de chevet1883 bed-book1906 pillow book1906 bedside book1920 bedside literature1920 1883 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 536 A veritable livre de chevet, such as every one would like to have at his bed-head. 1923 A. Huxley On Margin 122 For some days I made Dr. Legat's book my livre de chevet. 1966 J. Schwartz Diderot & Montaigne i. 25 There is abundant evidence to show that Diderot read the Essais early in his career and that they were among his livres de chevet throughout his life. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 May 529/2 To restore the Heroides to its rightful place as a livre de chevet for the literary connoisseur. 2009 Hist. Jrnl. 52 1087 The Essais [of Montaigne] were treated not as a complex or enigmatic text, but as a leisurely and companionable livre de chevet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883 |
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