misalliancen.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsəˈlʌɪəns/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, alliance n.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + alliance n., partly after French mésalliance mésalliance n. Compare earlier misally v.

An improper alliance, association, or union; esp. an unsuitable marriage. Cf. mésalliance n. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > an alliance or association for common purpose > improper

misalliance1738

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of persons of unequal rank > with social inferior

misalliance1738

left-handed marriage1760

mésalliance1782

hypogamy1946

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. iii. iii. 350 The only Greek Masters he [sc. Plato] followed, were Pythagoras and Socrates... This was a monstrous Misalliance.

1755 Ld. Chesterfield in World IV. No. 114. 84 Brutes..never degenerate, except in cases of mis-alliances with their inferiors.

1768 Woman of Honor II. 159 No remains of her former notions of mis-alliance, interfere to lessen her present vexation.

1840 W. Irving Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Sept. 153 They would have considered their mares disgraced, and their whole stud dishonored, by such a misalliance.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 81 A grocer's daughter would think she made a misalliance by marrying a painter.

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. viii. 138 He had no wish to meet his uncle, whose behaviour in contracting a misalliance..appeared to him to call for the reverse of compliments.

1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 611/2 A marriage between a member of the great and good middle class with one of the vicious and corrupt aristocracy would be a misalliance.

1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon Prothalamion 16 I pay no attention to her snobbish nonsense about misalliances.

1994 New Yorker 10 Oct. 91/3 A pin couldn't be fitted between what appears at first glance to be a slapdash misalliance of opposing horizontals and perpendiculars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misalliance
释义	misalliancen. Brit. /ˌmɪsəˈlʌɪəns/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, alliance n. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + alliance n., partly after French mésalliance mésalliance n. Compare earlier misally v. An improper alliance, association, or union; esp. an unsuitable marriage. Cf. mésalliance n. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > an alliance or association for common purpose > improper misalliance1738 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of persons of unequal rank > with social inferior misalliance1738 left-handed marriage1760 mésalliance1782 hypogamy1946 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. iii. iii. 350 The only Greek Masters he [sc. Plato] followed, were Pythagoras and Socrates... This was a monstrous Misalliance. 1755 Ld. Chesterfield in World IV. No. 114. 84 Brutes..never degenerate, except in cases of mis-alliances with their inferiors. 1768 Woman of Honor II. 159 No remains of her former notions of mis-alliance, interfere to lessen her present vexation. 1840 W. Irving Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Sept. 153 They would have considered their mares disgraced, and their whole stud dishonored, by such a misalliance. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 81 A grocer's daughter would think she made a misalliance by marrying a painter. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. viii. 138 He had no wish to meet his uncle, whose behaviour in contracting a misalliance..appeared to him to call for the reverse of compliments. 1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 611/2 A marriage between a member of the great and good middle class with one of the vicious and corrupt aristocracy would be a misalliance. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon Prothalamion 16 I pay no attention to her snobbish nonsense about misalliances. 1994 New Yorker 10 Oct. 91/3 A pin couldn't be fitted between what appears at first glance to be a slapdash misalliance of opposing horizontals and perpendiculars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738
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