louisn.

Brit.

/ˈluːiː/,

/ˈluːɪs/, U.S.

/ˈluəs/,

/ˈlui/

Forms: Plural unchanged. Also 1600s–1700s in English form lewis, plural lewis('s.

Etymology: < French louis, appellative use of the Christian name borne by many French kings.

Historical.

= louis d'or n. Also †silver lewis: the French écu of the 17–18th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold

mouton1357

francc1405

rial1420

salute145.

lew1467

royala1513

angelot1515

sanchet1643

louis1689

louis d'or1689

pavilion1757

Napoleon1814

double Napoleon1816

nap1820

leopard-

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > silver

scutec1400

shieldc1405

tracent1524

French crown1542

franc1603

cardecu1605

escuc1663

target1671

silver lewis1689

écu1704

1689 London Gaz. No. 2498/4 They took away..a quantity of Broad Pieces, Guinea's, Lewis's, Medals, &c.

1704 Proclam. Rates Foreign Coins in Amer. 18 June in London Gaz. No. 4029/1 Ecu's of France, or Silver Lewis, Seventeen Peny-weight Twelve Grains, Four Shillings and Six Pence.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. v. 140 He threw down all the money he had, except a very few louis.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cviii. 57 A good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.

1900 Ld. Rosebery Napoleon iii. 54 He sends with the challenge a gun and six louis which he had borrowed of his enemy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Used attributively to designate the styles in architecture, furniture, decorative art, etc., characteristic of his reign. Rarely Louis as adj. to designate what was prevalent in two or more of the reigns of Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, or Louis XVI.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [adjective] > other styles of 17-mid 19th century

rococo1840

Louis Quatorze1855

Louis Quinze1875

colonial1886

Louis Seize1892

Louis Treize1892

Queen Anneish1926

Directoire1942

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Louis-Quatorze Ornament..Louis Quinze Ornament.

1878 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste (ed. 4) ii. 55 Their notions of the beautiful are..derived from traditions of the Louis Quatorze period.

1901 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 381 Useful arts..are reduced to copies of the Louis styles.

单词	louis
释义	louisn. Brit. /ˈluːiː/, /ˈluːɪs/, U.S. /ˈluəs/, /ˈlui/ Forms: Plural unchanged. Also 1600s–1700s in English form lewis, plural lewis('s. Etymology: < French louis, appellative use of the Christian name borne by many French kings. Historical. = louis d'or n. Also †silver lewis: the French écu of the 17–18th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold mouton1357 francc1405 rial1420 salute145. lew1467 royala1513 angelot1515 sanchet1643 louis1689 louis d'or1689 pavilion1757 Napoleon1814 double Napoleon1816 nap1820 leopard- society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > silver scutec1400 shieldc1405 tracent1524 French crown1542 franc1603 cardecu1605 escuc1663 target1671 silver lewis1689 écu1704 1689 London Gaz. No. 2498/4 They took away..a quantity of Broad Pieces, Guinea's, Lewis's, Medals, &c. 1704 Proclam. Rates Foreign Coins in Amer. 18 June in London Gaz. No. 4029/1 Ecu's of France, or Silver Lewis, Seventeen Peny-weight Twelve Grains, Four Shillings and Six Pence. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. v. 140 He threw down all the money he had, except a very few louis. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cviii. 57 A good deal may be bought for fifty Louis. 1900 Ld. Rosebery Napoleon iii. 54 He sends with the challenge a gun and six louis which he had borrowed of his enemy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas Louis Used attributively to designate the styles in architecture, furniture, decorative art, etc., characteristic of his reign. Rarely Louis as adj. to designate what was prevalent in two or more of the reigns of Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, or Louis XVI. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [adjective] > other styles of 17-mid 19th century rococo1840 Louis Quatorze1855 Louis Quinze1875 colonial1886 Louis Seize1892 Louis Treize1892 Queen Anneish1926 Directoire1942 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Louis-Quatorze Ornament..Louis Quinze Ornament. 1878 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste (ed. 4) ii. 55 Their notions of the beautiful are..derived from traditions of the Louis Quatorze period. 1901 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 381 Useful arts..are reduced to copies of the Louis styles. extracted from Louis Quatorzen. < n.1689 as lemmas
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