mauvaise honten.

Brit.

/məʊˌveɪz ˈɒ̃t/, U.S.

/moʊˌveɪz ˈ(h)ɔnt/,

/moʊˌveɪz ˈ(h)ɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvaise honte.

Etymology: < French mauvaise honte (a1680) < mauvaise , feminine of mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + honte shame (see hontous adj.). N.E.D. (1906) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (movęz oṅt) /movɛz ɔ̃t/.

False shame or modesty. Also: extreme or unreasonable diffidence; painful shyness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > affected modesty

false modesty1710

mauvaise honte1721

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun] > diffidence

diffidence1557

self-distrusta1631

self-diffidencea1649

mauvaise honte1721

diffidentness1727

1721 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Mar. (1966) II. 1 Nothing hinder'd me but a certain mauvaise honte, which you are reasonable enough to forgive.

1773 S. Neville Diary 18 Dec. (1950) ix. 206 Was prepared to speak in the Medical Society..but was prevented by an excess of mauvaise-honte..which has ever attended me.

1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 86 A kind of littleness and mauvaise honte, which avoids, with timid caution, everything that is bold, striking, and eccentric.

1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine xvii The mauvaise honte and artificial cynicism so constantly to be observed in the Anglo-Saxon.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxi. 309 ‘Oh it is silly,’ protested Winifred, with all the extreme mauvaise honte of her years.

1991 Daily Tel. 1 Aug. 17/6 Educated at Harrow, he had none of the mauvaise honte which is sometimes produced by a public school education.

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

单词	mauvaise honte
释义	mauvaise honten. Brit. /məʊˌveɪz ˈɒ̃t/, U.S. /moʊˌveɪz ˈ(h)ɔnt/, /moʊˌveɪz ˈ(h)ɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvaise honte. Etymology: < French mauvaise honte (a1680) < mauvaise , feminine of mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + honte shame (see hontous adj.). N.E.D. (1906) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (movęz oṅt) /movɛz ɔ̃t/. False shame or modesty. Also: extreme or unreasonable diffidence; painful shyness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > affected modesty false modesty1710 mauvaise honte1721 the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun] > diffidence diffidence1557 self-distrusta1631 self-diffidencea1649 mauvaise honte1721 diffidentness1727 1721 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Mar. (1966) II. 1 Nothing hinder'd me but a certain mauvaise honte, which you are reasonable enough to forgive. 1773 S. Neville Diary 18 Dec. (1950) ix. 206 Was prepared to speak in the Medical Society..but was prevented by an excess of mauvaise-honte..which has ever attended me. 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 86 A kind of littleness and mauvaise honte, which avoids, with timid caution, everything that is bold, striking, and eccentric. 1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine xvii The mauvaise honte and artificial cynicism so constantly to be observed in the Anglo-Saxon. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxi. 309 ‘Oh it is silly,’ protested Winifred, with all the extreme mauvaise honte of her years. 1991 Daily Tel. 1 Aug. 17/6 Educated at Harrow, he had none of the mauvaise honte which is sometimes produced by a public school education. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1721
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