livretn.

Brit.

/ˈliːvreɪ/, U.S.

/liˈvreɪ/,

/ləˈvreɪ/

Forms: late Middle English lyveret, 1800s– livret.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livret.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French livret small book, booklet (late 12th cent. in Old French), booklet with information about an employee or soldier (1803), booklet with information about a musical performance or an exhibition of art (1822), < livre book (c1100 in Old French; < classical Latin liber book: see library n.¹) + -et -et suffix¹.

Now historical.

Usually in French contexts: a small book; spec. an official document in the form of a small booklet containing information about an employee.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > small book

libel1382

livreta1450

pamphlet1496

pocketbook1617

bookling1782

bookie1787

tomelet1839

volumette1857

booklet1859

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xvi. l. 539 Thanne fonde he there A lytel lyveret Wher-Inne that these names weren set.

1816 W. Scott Paul's Lett. to Kinsfolk ix. 199 Among the last [sc. fragments of books and papers], those of most frequent occurrence were the military livrets, or memorandum-books of the French soldiers.

1824 3rd Rep. Select Comm. Artizans & Machinery 107 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 51) V. 1 A workman is obliged to have a livret (book) in which the police inserts his name, profession, and a description of his person.

1860 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 574/2 Whenever a workman quits a workshop, or when he ceases to work for one of the masters who have employed him, he must present his ‘livret’, in order that the date of his departure, the fulfilment of his engagements, and the amount to which he may be indebted to his master, may be inscribed.

1943 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 3 142 The opponents of the Livret described it as the instrument of industrial slavery.

1980 Early Music 8 65/1 The third category includes livrets, letters and memoirs etc.

2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Aug. 63/4 Here is the opening of the second of the two acts, as I copied it down long ago in my Parisian attic, from the original yellowing livret of 1841.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	livret
释义	livretn. Brit. /ˈliːvreɪ/, U.S. /liˈvreɪ/, /ləˈvreɪ/ Forms: late Middle English lyveret, 1800s– livret. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livret. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French livret small book, booklet (late 12th cent. in Old French), booklet with information about an employee or soldier (1803), booklet with information about a musical performance or an exhibition of art (1822), < livre book (c1100 in Old French; < classical Latin liber book: see library n.¹) + -et -et suffix¹. Now historical. Usually in French contexts: a small book; spec. an official document in the form of a small booklet containing information about an employee. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > small book libel1382 livreta1450 pamphlet1496 pocketbook1617 bookling1782 bookie1787 tomelet1839 volumette1857 booklet1859 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xvi. l. 539 Thanne fonde he there A lytel lyveret Wher-Inne that these names weren set. 1816 W. Scott Paul's Lett. to Kinsfolk ix. 199 Among the last [sc. fragments of books and papers], those of most frequent occurrence were the military livrets, or memorandum-books of the French soldiers. 1824 3rd Rep. Select Comm. Artizans & Machinery 107 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 51) V. 1 A workman is obliged to have a livret (book) in which the police inserts his name, profession, and a description of his person. 1860 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 574/2 Whenever a workman quits a workshop, or when he ceases to work for one of the masters who have employed him, he must present his ‘livret’, in order that the date of his departure, the fulfilment of his engagements, and the amount to which he may be indebted to his master, may be inscribed. 1943 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 3 142 The opponents of the Livret described it as the instrument of industrial slavery. 1980 Early Music 8 65/1 The third category includes livrets, letters and memoirs etc. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Aug. 63/4 Here is the opening of the second of the two acts, as I copied it down long ago in my Parisian attic, from the original yellowing livret of 1841. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1450
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