mademoisellen.

Brit.

/ˌmadəm(w)əˈzɛl/,

/ˌmam(wə)ˈzɛl/,

/ˌmadmwɑːˈzɛl/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæd(ə)m(w)əˈˌzɛl/

Forms: late Middle English madamoisell, late Middle English madamoselle, 1600s madamoisella (in sense 2, nonstandard), 1600s madmoiselle, 1600s madomoisalle, 1600s–1700s madamoiselle, 1600s– mademoiselle, 1700s madumasel (in sense 2, nonstandard), 1700s ma'moiselle, 1800s madmoselle. See also mesdemoiselles n.

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

Etymology: < Middle French, French mademoiselle (originally two words, as in the passage translated in quot. ?c1450 at sense 1; before end of 15th cent. only in form madamoiselle when written as one word; 17th cent. in spec. sense 3) < ma (feminine) my + demoiselle (see damsel n.). See also Mam'selle n.

1. A title of or a respectful form of address to an unmarried French (or French-speaking) woman, or sometimes (more widely) an unmarried woman of another nationality (corresponding to English Miss) (preceding a surname, first name, or a designation of rank or office in French); a respectful form of address to †a French governess (obsolete) or a female French teacher in an English-speaking school. Also in substitution for the name of a woman usually addressed as ‘mademoiselle’. Cf. Mlle n. Also (less frequently) as graphic abbreviation Mdlle.In early French use, the prefix mademoiselle was applied also to married women whose husbands were below the rank of knighthood.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman > young unmarried > in languages other than English

mademoiselle?c1450

Mdlle.1785

signorina1786

señorita1850

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > young or unmarried > in languages other than English

mademoiselle1696

mesdemoiselles1739

Mlle1773

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 126 Madamoisell! y praie you that ye ansuere not vnto this fole.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xvi. 53 Alas, madamoselle, he that ye so sone do hate hath not desserued dethe.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Mademoiselle, a Title of Honour given to the Daughters and Wives of born Gentlemen; much us'd in France.

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. ix. 51 She [sc. the maid] took the first opportunity of going to Mademoiselle, and demanding money for some necessary expences.

1779 Mirror No. 44. ⁋2 He was not..so happy in the tidings of Ma'moiselle La Roche's marriage, as her father supposed him.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vii. 198 Our cottage may be envied, sir, since you and Mademoiselle have honoured it with your presence.

1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 27 Mademoiselle boxed Mr. Maguire's ears, and Mr. Maguire pulled Mademoiselle upon his knee.

1850 J. Kavanagh Nathalie ix. 213 Mademoiselle Dantin coughed, by way of opening the conversation.

1880 Theatre Feb. 118 Mademoiselle Lido sang well and tunefully as Irene.

1904 S. J. Weyman Abbess of Vlaye x. 161 Mademoiselle la Comtesse..let me have the honour.

1951 V. Nabokov Conclusive Evidence viii. 109 Although I preferred this to the hand-cramping pensums Mademoiselle would think up, such as making me copy out two hundred times the proverb Qui aime bien, châtie bien.

1989 W. Deverell Mindfield 11 And why is my business yours, mademoiselle? He turned and walked away.

a. A person usually referred to as ‘mademoiselle’, an unmarried French (or French-speaking) woman; spec. †(a) a (foreign) serving-maid (obsolete); (b) †a French governess (obsolete); (occasionally) a girl.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lady's maid > French

French maid1606

mademoiselle1642

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > woman

Frenchwoman?a1400

madame1598

grisette1735

mademoiselle1765

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess

mistressc1330

schoolmistress1335

governoressc1422

tutrice1490

tutrix1515

gouvernante1579

tutress1599

tutoress1614

directrice1631

duenna1641

under-governess1669

governess1673

conductress1760

Mam'sellec1794

directress1801

nursery governess1814

mademoiselle1861

finishing governess1862

fräulein1883

govy1899

miss1924

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 14 Courtiers and Court-Ladies, with their Groomes and Madamoisellaes [1697 Madamoiselles].

1765 I. Bickerstaff Maid of Mill i. i. 2 She sits there all day..dressed like a fine madumasel.

1778 H. L. Piozzi Diary 20 Apr. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) I. 286 I was as familiar at Grosvenor Square with Lord Halifax's Daughters as if I had been at home..often saying my Lesson to their Mademoiselle.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 240 ‘De tout mon cœur,’ said a buxom brown dame, about eighteen stone... The extensive mademoiselle, suiting the action to the word, started up [etc.].

1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. iii. iii. 318 When I heard that Mrs. Carlyle had engaged a madmoselle for these children.

1918 Stars & Stripes 5 Apr. 7/1 He walked by with his eyes on a pretty mademoiselle, and never so much as gave us the once-over.

1932 J. Maxwell (title) Hell's bells and mademoiselles.

1990 W. Wasserstein Bachelor Girls 169 After les mademoiselles leave the table, Philippe..confesses to me that he has no idea who either of them is.

†b. spec. A dressmaker's lay figure. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > model > jointed wooden model

manikin1570

lay-man1688

mademoiselle1712

lay figure1795

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶2 This Wooden Madamoiselle.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶15 The Shop-Maid..told me that Madamoiselle had something very Curious in the tying of her Garters.

3. French History. (A title of) the eldest daughter of the eldest brother (known as ‘Monsieur’) of the French king. Later: (a title of) the French king's eldest daughter or (if he had no daughter) the unmarried princess most closely related to him. Cf. madame n. 1.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > of France > eldest daughter of eldest brother of king

mademoiselle1649

1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 212. 1978 Some speake of a marriage preparing for him, with Madomoisalle, or the Duke of Orleans daughter.

1679 Marriage Chas. II. 3 It was..time for her to bring Madamoiselle to him.

1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 192/2 His Danish majesty handed mademoiselle to her place.

1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Chron. 240/2 Deaths... At Versailles, mademoiselle of France, aged five years, only daughter of the French king.

1820 F. Edgeworth Let. 19 June in M. Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 166 Mme Montjoye..took us..to Mademoiselle... Mademoiselle came and said some words to Maria.

2001 www.aristoweb.asso.fr 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Mademoiselle, daughter of Monsieur (in this case Gaston d'Orléans, brother of Louis XIII), was called La Grande by the people as much for her height as for the fact that she had fired the canons of La Bastille against the young Louis XIV, her cousin, during the Fronde (Insurection).

4. U.S. [Apparently North American French: compare French demoiselle as name of various fishes.] A croaker, Bairdiella chrysoura, of the southern United States. Also called silver perch, yellowtail.

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the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun]

mudfish1502

sprat1552

frogfish1598

rockfish1605

yellowtaila1622

sleeper1668

picarel1688

hogfish1735

porkfish1735

sucker1753

zebrafish1771

yellowbelly1775

white steenbras1801

stone-toter1817

stargazer1842

warehou1848

baardman1853

goatfish1864

holostome1864

spot snapper1876

suck-fish1876

mademoiselle1882

queenfish1883

cigar-fish1884

emperor fish1884

rock beauty1885

oilfish1896

aholehole1897

berrugate1898

Photoblepharon1902

sweet-lip1934

rabbitfish1941

redbait1960

1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 570 Sciæna punctata..Silver Perch; Yellow-tail; Mademoiselle.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 133 They [sc. yellowtails] were found by Jordan to be very abundant along the shores of Louisiana and Texas. At Pensacola they are known by the name ‘Mademoiselle’.

1980 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 12) (ed. 4) Index 140/1 Mademoiselle, see silver perch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mademoiselle
释义	mademoisellen. Brit. /ˌmadəm(w)əˈzɛl/, /ˌmam(wə)ˈzɛl/, /ˌmadmwɑːˈzɛl/, U.S. /ˈˌmæd(ə)m(w)əˈˌzɛl/ Forms: late Middle English madamoisell, late Middle English madamoselle, 1600s madamoisella (in sense 2, nonstandard), 1600s madmoiselle, 1600s madomoisalle, 1600s–1700s madamoiselle, 1600s– mademoiselle, 1700s madumasel (in sense 2, nonstandard), 1700s ma'moiselle, 1800s madmoselle. See also mesdemoiselles n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mademoiselle. Etymology: < Middle French, French mademoiselle (originally two words, as in the passage translated in quot. ?c1450 at sense 1; before end of 15th cent. only in form madamoiselle when written as one word; 17th cent. in spec. sense 3) < ma (feminine) my + demoiselle (see damsel n.). See also Mam'selle n. 1. A title of or a respectful form of address to an unmarried French (or French-speaking) woman, or sometimes (more widely) an unmarried woman of another nationality (corresponding to English Miss) (preceding a surname, first name, or a designation of rank or office in French); a respectful form of address to †a French governess (obsolete) or a female French teacher in an English-speaking school. Also in substitution for the name of a woman usually addressed as ‘mademoiselle’. Cf. Mlle n. Also (less frequently) as graphic abbreviation Mdlle.In early French use, the prefix mademoiselle was applied also to married women whose husbands were below the rank of knighthood. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman > young unmarried > in languages other than English mademoiselle?c1450 Mdlle.1785 signorina1786 señorita1850 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > young or unmarried > in languages other than English mademoiselle1696 mesdemoiselles1739 Mlle1773 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 126 Madamoisell! y praie you that ye ansuere not vnto this fole. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xvi. 53 Alas, madamoselle, he that ye so sone do hate hath not desserued dethe. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Mademoiselle, a Title of Honour given to the Daughters and Wives of born Gentlemen; much us'd in France. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. ix. 51 She [sc. the maid] took the first opportunity of going to Mademoiselle, and demanding money for some necessary expences. 1779 Mirror No. 44. ⁋2 He was not..so happy in the tidings of Ma'moiselle La Roche's marriage, as her father supposed him. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vii. 198 Our cottage may be envied, sir, since you and Mademoiselle have honoured it with your presence. 1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 27 Mademoiselle boxed Mr. Maguire's ears, and Mr. Maguire pulled Mademoiselle upon his knee. 1850 J. Kavanagh Nathalie ix. 213 Mademoiselle Dantin coughed, by way of opening the conversation. 1880 Theatre Feb. 118 Mademoiselle Lido sang well and tunefully as Irene. 1904 S. J. Weyman Abbess of Vlaye x. 161 Mademoiselle la Comtesse..let me have the honour. 1951 V. Nabokov Conclusive Evidence viii. 109 Although I preferred this to the hand-cramping pensums Mademoiselle would think up, such as making me copy out two hundred times the proverb Qui aime bien, châtie bien. 1989 W. Deverell Mindfield 11 And why is my business yours, mademoiselle? He turned and walked away. 2. a. A person usually referred to as ‘mademoiselle’, an unmarried French (or French-speaking) woman; spec. †(a) a (foreign) serving-maid (obsolete); (b) †a French governess (obsolete); (occasionally) a girl. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lady's maid > French French maid1606 mademoiselle1642 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > woman Frenchwoman?a1400 madame1598 grisette1735 mademoiselle1765 society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess mistressc1330 schoolmistress1335 governoressc1422 tutrice1490 tutrix1515 gouvernante1579 tutress1599 tutoress1614 directrice1631 duenna1641 under-governess1669 governess1673 conductress1760 Mam'sellec1794 directress1801 nursery governess1814 mademoiselle1861 finishing governess1862 fräulein1883 govy1899 miss1924 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 14 Courtiers and Court-Ladies, with their Groomes and Madamoisellaes [1697 Madamoiselles]. 1765 I. Bickerstaff Maid of Mill i. i. 2 She sits there all day..dressed like a fine madumasel. 1778 H. L. Piozzi Diary 20 Apr. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) I. 286 I was as familiar at Grosvenor Square with Lord Halifax's Daughters as if I had been at home..often saying my Lesson to their Mademoiselle. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 240 ‘De tout mon cœur,’ said a buxom brown dame, about eighteen stone... The extensive mademoiselle, suiting the action to the word, started up [etc.]. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. iii. iii. 318 When I heard that Mrs. Carlyle had engaged a madmoselle for these children. 1918 Stars & Stripes 5 Apr. 7/1 He walked by with his eyes on a pretty mademoiselle, and never so much as gave us the once-over. 1932 J. Maxwell (title) Hell's bells and mademoiselles. 1990 W. Wasserstein Bachelor Girls 169 After les mademoiselles leave the table, Philippe..confesses to me that he has no idea who either of them is. †b. spec. A dressmaker's lay figure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > model > jointed wooden model manikin1570 lay-man1688 mademoiselle1712 lay figure1795 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶2 This Wooden Madamoiselle. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶15 The Shop-Maid..told me that Madamoiselle had something very Curious in the tying of her Garters. 3. French History. (A title of) the eldest daughter of the eldest brother (known as ‘Monsieur’) of the French king. Later: (a title of) the French king's eldest daughter or (if he had no daughter) the unmarried princess most closely related to him. Cf. madame n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > of France > eldest daughter of eldest brother of king mademoiselle1649 1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 212. 1978 Some speake of a marriage preparing for him, with Madomoisalle, or the Duke of Orleans daughter. 1679 Marriage Chas. II. 3 It was..time for her to bring Madamoiselle to him. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 192/2 His Danish majesty handed mademoiselle to her place. 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Chron. 240/2 Deaths... At Versailles, mademoiselle of France, aged five years, only daughter of the French king. 1820 F. Edgeworth Let. 19 June in M. Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 166 Mme Montjoye..took us..to Mademoiselle... Mademoiselle came and said some words to Maria. 2001 www.aristoweb.asso.fr 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Mademoiselle, daughter of Monsieur (in this case Gaston d'Orléans, brother of Louis XIII), was called La Grande by the people as much for her height as for the fact that she had fired the canons of La Bastille against the young Louis XIV, her cousin, during the Fronde (Insurection). 4. U.S. [Apparently North American French: compare French demoiselle as name of various fishes.] A croaker, Bairdiella chrysoura, of the southern United States. Also called silver perch, yellowtail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] mudfish1502 sprat1552 frogfish1598 rockfish1605 yellowtaila1622 sleeper1668 picarel1688 hogfish1735 porkfish1735 sucker1753 zebrafish1771 yellowbelly1775 white steenbras1801 stone-toter1817 stargazer1842 warehou1848 baardman1853 goatfish1864 holostome1864 spot snapper1876 suck-fish1876 mademoiselle1882 queenfish1883 cigar-fish1884 emperor fish1884 rock beauty1885 oilfish1896 aholehole1897 berrugate1898 Photoblepharon1902 sweet-lip1934 rabbitfish1941 redbait1960 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 570 Sciæna punctata..Silver Perch; Yellow-tail; Mademoiselle. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 133 They [sc. yellowtails] were found by Jordan to be very abundant along the shores of Louisiana and Texas. At Pensacola they are known by the name ‘Mademoiselle’. 1980 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 12) (ed. 4) Index 140/1 Mademoiselle, see silver perch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1450
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