menus plaisirsn.

Brit.

/mɛnˌjuː plɛˈzɪə/, U.S.

/mɛnˌju ˌplɛˈzɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1600s menu plaisirs, 1700s– menus plaisirs.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menus plaisirs.

Etymology: < French menus plaisirs small pleasures, pocket money (1564 in Middle French in Rabelais) < menus , masculine plural of menu (see menu n.) + plaisirs , plural of plaisir pleasure n.

Simple pleasures; small personal expenses or gratifications; frivolous or inessential objects bought with a personal allowance intended for this purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasures > simple or small

menus plaisirs1697

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses > small personal

pocket expenses1696

menus plaisirs1697

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 8 I shall see you stand in damnable need of some Auxiliary Guineas, for you[r] Menu Plaisirs.

1736 W. Popple Double Deceit iv. 58 A Gentleman has so many other Articles of Expence, that two hundred Pounds a Year is as much as he can possibly spare, for his Menus Plaisirs.

1779 H. Walpole Let. 14 Jan. (1904) X. 363 My menus plaisirs, a few sprinkled visits of charity from a few friends that remained in town.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. v. 114 He will have a very pretty income..and as..he will still live at home, it will be all for his menus plaisirs .

1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf II. xi. 293 Whatever honorarium he received for his work was expended upon his menus plaisirs.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. v. 193 He may have had five hundred pounds a year English, for his menus plaisirs.

1995 Sunday Tel. 11 June (Review section) 10/4 They find the process of achieving their ambition too messy, too demanding, too common, and subside into a lifetime of menus plaisirs.

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

单词	menus plaisirs
释义	menus plaisirsn. Brit. /mɛnˌjuː plɛˈzɪə/, U.S. /mɛnˌju ˌplɛˈzɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1600s menu plaisirs, 1700s– menus plaisirs. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menus plaisirs. Etymology: < French menus plaisirs small pleasures, pocket money (1564 in Middle French in Rabelais) < menus , masculine plural of menu (see menu n.) + plaisirs , plural of plaisir pleasure n. Simple pleasures; small personal expenses or gratifications; frivolous or inessential objects bought with a personal allowance intended for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasures > simple or small menus plaisirs1697 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses > small personal pocket expenses1696 menus plaisirs1697 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 8 I shall see you stand in damnable need of some Auxiliary Guineas, for you[r] Menu Plaisirs. 1736 W. Popple Double Deceit iv. 58 A Gentleman has so many other Articles of Expence, that two hundred Pounds a Year is as much as he can possibly spare, for his Menus Plaisirs. 1779 H. Walpole Let. 14 Jan. (1904) X. 363 My menus plaisirs, a few sprinkled visits of charity from a few friends that remained in town. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. v. 114 He will have a very pretty income..and as..he will still live at home, it will be all for his menus plaisirs . View more context for this quotation 1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf II. xi. 293 Whatever honorarium he received for his work was expended upon his menus plaisirs. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. v. 193 He may have had five hundred pounds a year English, for his menus plaisirs. 1995 Sunday Tel. 11 June (Review section) 10/4 They find the process of achieving their ambition too messy, too demanding, too common, and subside into a lifetime of menus plaisirs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1697
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