merveilleusen.

Brit.

/ˌməːveɪˈjəːz/, U.S.

/ˌmərveɪˈjəz/

Forms: also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < French merveilleuse (18th cent.), use as noun of feminine of merveilleux marvellous adj. Compare merveilleux n.

Now historical.

A Frenchwoman dressed in the extravagant style fashionable during the period of the Directory (the French Revolutionary government of 1795–9), usually comprising a gown with a tight bodice, worn with a very large bonnet.The female counterpart of the merveilleux or incroyable.

ΚΠ

1817–18 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1949) IX. 790 (title) The Merveilleuse.

1892 Daily News 19 Oct. 5/1 The ‘merveilleuse’ of the Directory in France. The ‘merveilleuse’, or ‘ultra-fashionable’, as the writer..rather inadequately translates her title, ‘walked..half naked in the Champs Elysees’.

1898 M. Loyd tr. O. Uzanne Fashion in Paris i. 19 The Merveilleuses survived the Incroyables by a couple of years.

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 223/1 Merveilleuse, Feminine counterpart of the incroyable (fop or dandy).

1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 345/1 Females who wore extreme clothes were called merveilleuses.

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

单词	merveilleuse
释义	merveilleusen. Brit. /ˌməːveɪˈjəːz/, U.S. /ˌmərveɪˈjəz/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merveilleuse. Etymology: < French merveilleuse (18th cent.), use as noun of feminine of merveilleux marvellous adj. Compare merveilleux n. Now historical. A Frenchwoman dressed in the extravagant style fashionable during the period of the Directory (the French Revolutionary government of 1795–9), usually comprising a gown with a tight bodice, worn with a very large bonnet.The female counterpart of the merveilleux or incroyable. ΚΠ 1817–18 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1949) IX. 790 (title) The Merveilleuse. 1892 Daily News 19 Oct. 5/1 The ‘merveilleuse’ of the Directory in France. The ‘merveilleuse’, or ‘ultra-fashionable’, as the writer..rather inadequately translates her title, ‘walked..half naked in the Champs Elysees’. 1898 M. Loyd tr. O. Uzanne Fashion in Paris i. 19 The Merveilleuses survived the Incroyables by a couple of years. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 223/1 Merveilleuse, Feminine counterpart of the incroyable (fop or dandy). 1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 345/1 Females who wore extreme clothes were called merveilleuses. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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