bal costumén.

/bal ˌkɒstᵿˈmeɪ/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘costumed ball’.

A fancy-dress ball.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > fancy dress

fancy ball1800

bal costumé1826

fancy dress ball1882

1826 M. Wilmot Let. 29 Feb. (1935) 234 Our Ambassadrice had plann'd to give a ball costume early in the Carnival.

1848 G. E. Jewsbury Let. 4 Oct. (1892) 256 Dandified ‘Church-of-Englandism’, which bears the same relation to ‘the Church’ that a polite assemblage of ladies and gentlemen at a ‘bal costumé’ bears to the countries after which they have dressed themselves.

1861 G. Du Maurier Let. [ Jan. ] in D. Du Maurier Young G. du M. (1951) 30 On the 14th there is going to be a grand bal costumé..—150 or 200 people.

1896 M. Beerbohm Dandies & Dandies in Wks. 20 The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costumés.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	bal costumé
释义	bal costumén. /bal ˌkɒstᵿˈmeɪ/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘costumed ball’. A fancy-dress ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > fancy dress fancy ball1800 bal costumé1826 fancy dress ball1882 1826 M. Wilmot Let. 29 Feb. (1935) 234 Our Ambassadrice had plann'd to give a ball costume early in the Carnival. 1848 G. E. Jewsbury Let. 4 Oct. (1892) 256 Dandified ‘Church-of-Englandism’, which bears the same relation to ‘the Church’ that a polite assemblage of ladies and gentlemen at a ‘bal costumé’ bears to the countries after which they have dressed themselves. 1861 G. Du Maurier Let. [ Jan. ] in D. Du Maurier Young G. du M. (1951) 30 On the 14th there is going to be a grand bal costumé..—150 or 200 people. 1896 M. Beerbohm Dandies & Dandies in Wks. 20 The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costumés. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1826
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