mauvais quart d'heuren.

Brit.

/məʊˈveɪ ˈkɑː ˈdəː/, U.S.

/moʊˈveɪ ˈkɑr ˈdər/

Inflections: Plural mauvais quarts d'heure, (irregular) mauvaise quart d'heures.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvais quart d'heure.

Etymology: < French mauvais quart d'heure (1722) < mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + quart d'heure quarter of an hour ( < quart quarter (see quart n.²) + d' de prep. + heure hour n.). Compare a bad quarter of an hour at quarter n. Phrases 2.

A short period of time which is embarrassing and unnerving; a brief but unpleasant experience.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant period of time

time1647

a bad (etc.) quarter of an hour1766

mauvais quart d'heure1864

annus horribilis1867

1864 M. B. Chesnut Diary 8 Jan. in C. V. Woodward Mary Chesnut's Civil War xxi. 533 Gen. William Preston rushed into the breach... But Mr. Willie M had his mauvais quart d'heure.

1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. iii. 77 My modesty was severely tried, and I do not remember to have often spent a more mauvais quart d'heure, which was actually about the length of time that my martyrdom endured.

1897 J. McCabe Twelve Years in Monastery iv. 64 We gave him many a mauvais quart d'heure by running to the door when we saw his shadow near it, and chasing him through the convent.

1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread ii. 47 He takes it so well. But you must have had a mauvais quart d'heure.

1924 P. C. Wren Beau Geste i. i. 25 At the end of ten minutes, a very mauvais quart d'heure, I beckoned the Sergeant-Major.

1965 Economist 5 June 1125 John Kennedy had his mauvais quart d'heure between April and June, 1961.

1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy vii. 145 Tolstoy was visited by one of those mauvais quarts d'heure which were to assail him throughout his life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauvais quart dheure
释义	mauvais quart d'heuren. Brit. /məʊˈveɪ ˈkɑː ˈdəː/, U.S. /moʊˈveɪ ˈkɑr ˈdər/ Inflections: Plural mauvais quarts d'heure, (irregular) mauvaise quart d'heures. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvais quart d'heure. Etymology: < French mauvais quart d'heure (1722) < mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + quart d'heure quarter of an hour ( < quart quarter (see quart n.²) + d' de prep. + heure hour n.). Compare a bad quarter of an hour at quarter n. Phrases 2. A short period of time which is embarrassing and unnerving; a brief but unpleasant experience. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant period of time time1647 a bad (etc.) quarter of an hour1766 mauvais quart d'heure1864 annus horribilis1867 1864 M. B. Chesnut Diary 8 Jan. in C. V. Woodward Mary Chesnut's Civil War xxi. 533 Gen. William Preston rushed into the breach... But Mr. Willie M had his mauvais quart d'heure. 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. iii. 77 My modesty was severely tried, and I do not remember to have often spent a more mauvais quart d'heure, which was actually about the length of time that my martyrdom endured. 1897 J. McCabe Twelve Years in Monastery iv. 64 We gave him many a mauvais quart d'heure by running to the door when we saw his shadow near it, and chasing him through the convent. 1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread ii. 47 He takes it so well. But you must have had a mauvais quart d'heure. 1924 P. C. Wren Beau Geste i. i. 25 At the end of ten minutes, a very mauvais quart d'heure, I beckoned the Sergeant-Major. 1965 Economist 5 June 1125 John Kennedy had his mauvais quart d'heure between April and June, 1961. 1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy vii. 145 Tolstoy was visited by one of those mauvais quarts d'heure which were to assail him throughout his life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864
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