merveilleuxn.

Brit.

/ˌməːveɪˈjəː/, U.S.

/ˌmərveɪˈjə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < French merveilleux (see below), use as noun of merveilleux marvellous adj.Attested in French from 1741 in sense ‘an elegant eccentric’. In later use the word is chiefly applied to the dandies of the period of the Directory (1795–9). Compare merveilleuse n.

Now historical.

= incroyable n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 57 I did not stay very late at the party; and our marvellous promised to give us a list of the company..the ensuing day. [Cf. p. 59 Our military Exquisite.]]

1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 I. 390 The ‘merveilleux’, (as the Parisian dandy is called) is regarded..as a ridicule.

1859 Harper's Mag. May 763/1 It is absurd to suppose..that to the popular question, ‘What will you take?’ one unanimous response shall be sent up, alike from the semi-polar log-cutter of Maine, the semi-tropical merveilleux of New Orleans, [etc.].

1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 16 Oct. 508/2 They [sc. young men of fashion] were turned into Petits Maîtres under the Restoration, and afterward to Merveilleux, changing into Elégants under Charles X.

1898 M. Loyd tr. O. Uzanne Fashion in Paris i. 8 The Ecrouelleux, the Inconcevables, the Merveilleux, with their chins sunk in their huge cravats.

1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 345/1 Merveilleux, term used during French Revolution for fops or dandies.

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

单词	merveilleux
释义	merveilleuxn. Brit. /ˌməːveɪˈjəː/, U.S. /ˌmərveɪˈjə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merveilleux. Etymology: < French merveilleux (see below), use as noun of merveilleux marvellous adj.Attested in French from 1741 in sense ‘an elegant eccentric’. In later use the word is chiefly applied to the dandies of the period of the Directory (1795–9). Compare merveilleuse n. Now historical. = incroyable n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 57 I did not stay very late at the party; and our marvellous promised to give us a list of the company..the ensuing day. [Cf. p. 59 Our military Exquisite.]] 1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 I. 390 The ‘merveilleux’, (as the Parisian dandy is called) is regarded..as a ridicule. 1859 Harper's Mag. May 763/1 It is absurd to suppose..that to the popular question, ‘What will you take?’ one unanimous response shall be sent up, alike from the semi-polar log-cutter of Maine, the semi-tropical merveilleux of New Orleans, [etc.]. 1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 16 Oct. 508/2 They [sc. young men of fashion] were turned into Petits Maîtres under the Restoration, and afterward to Merveilleux, changing into Elégants under Charles X. 1898 M. Loyd tr. O. Uzanne Fashion in Paris i. 8 The Ecrouelleux, the Inconcevables, the Merveilleux, with their chins sunk in their huge cravats. 1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 345/1 Merveilleux, term used during French Revolution for fops or dandies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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