mauvais languen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌməʊveɪ ˈlɒŋɡ/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊveɪ ˈlɑŋ/, Caribbean English

/ˌmoːveː ˈlaŋ/

Forms: 1900s– mauvais-lang, 1900s– mauvais langue, 1900s– mauvais' langue, 1900s– mauvais-langue, 1900s– mauvaislangue, 2000s– movay lang.

Origin: A borrowing from French Creole. Etymon: French Creole mauvais langue.

Etymology: < French Creole mauvais langue < French mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + langue langue n.; evidently a French Creole calque from West African languages parallel to the Anglophone Creole calque bad-talk (see bad-talk v.). Compare French mauvaise langue (see mauvaise langue n.). Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) enters this word under mové-lang, a spelling which it recommends.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad and Tobago).

A. n.

Malicious gossip or rumours; critical or slanderous talk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip

jowl?c1225

trattle1513

tittle-tattle1570

tattle1583

clatter1596

street web1614

town talk1642

street-threada1661

clash1685

fetch-fire1784

street yarn1800

gossip1811

village gossip1847

Russian scandal1861

chopsing1879

cooze1880

reportage1881

skeet1900

scuttlebutt gossip1901

pussy-talk1937

mauvais languec1945

comess1970

he-say-she-say1972

gyaff1975

skinder1979

goss1985

gist1990

c1945 J. de Boissière Trinidad 28 That was the proper technique for dealing with the creole mauvais langue, or bad language they had set in motion.

1980 Trinidad Guardian 31 Jan. 12 His mauvais langue..is not so much wounding or offensive as it is revelatory of hostility, perhaps of envy.

1995 Caribbean Week Jan. 25/1 There is a healthy menu of delectable commotion, confusion and mauvais-lang served up as a savoury mouth-watering sufficiency.

B. adj.

Given to or characterized by malicious gossip; backbiting; slanderous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping

tittling1565

tittle-tattle1598

gossiping1618

tittle-tattling1720

anecdotical1732

anecdoting1740

anecdotic1791

gossipy1818

talky-talky1831

anecdotive1857

mauvais langue1961

1961 F. Hercules Where Hummingbird Flies 11 Just to show him he musn't be so mauvaislangue, she would not invite him.

1993 Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 34/4 Their passionate affair knew no bounds, except to their mauvais langue neighbors in a close-knit fishing village in Trinidad.

1994 Express (Trinidad) 29 Aug. 5 [He] said MPs should deal with the issues and not individuals, and that they should stop behaving in a ‘mauvais langue’ fashion.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mauvais languev.

Brit.

/məʊˌveɪ ˈlɒŋɡ/, U.S.

/moʊˌveɪ ˈlɑŋ/, Caribbean English

/ˌmoːveː ˈlaŋ/

Forms: 1900s– mauvaise langue, 1900s– mauvais langue, 1900s– mauvalang.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mauvais langue n.

Etymology: < mauvais langue n. Compare bad-talk v. Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) enters this word under mové-lang, a spelling which it recommends.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad and Tobago).

transitive. To disparage, criticize, or abuse (a person, esp. someone who is not present). Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

low1340

dispraisec1386

minish1402

deroge1427

detractc1449

descryc1450

detrayc1475

dismerit1484

decline1509

vilipend1509

disprize?1518

disable1528

derogatea1530

elevate1541

disparagea1556

detrect1563

debase1565

demerit1576

vilify1586

disgrace1589

detracta1592

besparage1592

enervate1593

obtrect1595

extenuate1601

disvalue1605

disparagon1610

undervalue1611

avile1615

debaucha1616

to cry down1616

debate1622

decry1641

atomize1645

underrate1646

naucify1653

dedignify1654

stuprate1655

de-ample1657

dismagn1657

slur1660

voguec1661

depreciate1666

to run down1671

baffle1674

lacken1674

sneer1706

diminish1712

substract1728

down1780

belittle1789

carbonify1792

to speak scorn of1861

to give one a back-cap1903

minoritize1947

mauvais langue1952

rubbish1953

down-talk1959

marginalize1970

marginate1970

trash1975

neg1987

1952 R. de Boissière Crown Jewel xii. 91 There are certain people who stand at street corners at night and mauvaise langue myself and other leaders of the Workers' Party.

1958 J. Carew Black Midas xi. 265 You know how black people tongue can mauvais langue them who they think flourishing too much.

1960 Tamarack Rev. xiv. 22 This time so, they ain't bothering about the other people in the queue at all, they mauvalanging and bursting out in some loud kya-kya laugh like them macoumere in the market in..Trinidad.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauvais langue
释义	mauvais languen.adj. Brit. /ˌməʊveɪ ˈlɒŋɡ/, U.S. /ˌmoʊveɪ ˈlɑŋ/, Caribbean English /ˌmoːveː ˈlaŋ/ Forms: 1900s– mauvais-lang, 1900s– mauvais langue, 1900s– mauvais' langue, 1900s– mauvais-langue, 1900s– mauvaislangue, 2000s– movay lang. Origin: A borrowing from French Creole. Etymon: French Creole mauvais langue. Etymology: < French Creole mauvais langue < French mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + langue langue n.; evidently a French Creole calque from West African languages parallel to the Anglophone Creole calque bad-talk (see bad-talk v.). Compare French mauvaise langue (see mauvaise langue n.). Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) enters this word under mové-lang, a spelling which it recommends. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad and Tobago). A. n. Malicious gossip or rumours; critical or slanderous talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip jowl?c1225 trattle1513 tittle-tattle1570 tattle1583 clatter1596 street web1614 town talk1642 street-threada1661 clash1685 fetch-fire1784 street yarn1800 gossip1811 village gossip1847 Russian scandal1861 chopsing1879 cooze1880 reportage1881 skeet1900 scuttlebutt gossip1901 pussy-talk1937 mauvais languec1945 comess1970 he-say-she-say1972 gyaff1975 skinder1979 goss1985 gist1990 c1945 J. de Boissière Trinidad 28 That was the proper technique for dealing with the creole mauvais langue, or bad language they had set in motion. 1980 Trinidad Guardian 31 Jan. 12 His mauvais langue..is not so much wounding or offensive as it is revelatory of hostility, perhaps of envy. 1995 Caribbean Week Jan. 25/1 There is a healthy menu of delectable commotion, confusion and mauvais-lang served up as a savoury mouth-watering sufficiency. B. adj. Given to or characterized by malicious gossip; backbiting; slanderous. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping tittling1565 tittle-tattle1598 gossiping1618 tittle-tattling1720 anecdotical1732 anecdoting1740 anecdotic1791 gossipy1818 talky-talky1831 anecdotive1857 mauvais langue1961 1961 F. Hercules Where Hummingbird Flies 11 Just to show him he musn't be so mauvaislangue, she would not invite him. 1993 Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 34/4 Their passionate affair knew no bounds, except to their mauvais langue neighbors in a close-knit fishing village in Trinidad. 1994 Express (Trinidad) 29 Aug. 5 [He] said MPs should deal with the issues and not individuals, and that they should stop behaving in a ‘mauvais langue’ fashion. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mauvais languev. Brit. /məʊˌveɪ ˈlɒŋɡ/, U.S. /moʊˌveɪ ˈlɑŋ/, Caribbean English /ˌmoːveː ˈlaŋ/ Forms: 1900s– mauvaise langue, 1900s– mauvais langue, 1900s– mauvalang. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mauvais langue n. Etymology: < mauvais langue n. Compare bad-talk v. Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) enters this word under mové-lang, a spelling which it recommends. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad and Tobago). transitive. To disparage, criticize, or abuse (a person, esp. someone who is not present). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] littleeOE low1340 dispraisec1386 minish1402 deroge1427 detractc1449 descryc1450 detrayc1475 dismerit1484 decline1509 vilipend1509 disprize?1518 disable1528 derogatea1530 elevate1541 disparagea1556 detrect1563 debase1565 demerit1576 vilify1586 disgrace1589 detracta1592 besparage1592 enervate1593 obtrect1595 extenuate1601 disvalue1605 disparagon1610 undervalue1611 avile1615 debaucha1616 to cry down1616 debate1622 decry1641 atomize1645 underrate1646 naucify1653 dedignify1654 stuprate1655 de-ample1657 dismagn1657 slur1660 voguec1661 depreciate1666 to run down1671 baffle1674 lacken1674 sneer1706 diminish1712 substract1728 down1780 belittle1789 carbonify1792 to speak scorn of1861 to give one a back-cap1903 minoritize1947 mauvais langue1952 rubbish1953 down-talk1959 marginalize1970 marginate1970 trash1975 neg1987 1952 R. de Boissière Crown Jewel xii. 91 There are certain people who stand at street corners at night and mauvaise langue myself and other leaders of the Workers' Party. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas xi. 265 You know how black people tongue can mauvais langue them who they think flourishing too much. 1960 Tamarack Rev. xiv. 22 This time so, they ain't bothering about the other people in the queue at all, they mauvalanging and bursting out in some loud kya-kya laugh like them macoumere in the market in..Trinidad. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1945v.1952
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