Mona Lisan.adj.

Brit.

/ˌməʊnə ˈliːsə/,

/ˌməʊnə ˈliːzə/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊnə ˈlisə/,

/ˌmoʊnə ˈlizə/

Forms: 1800s– Mona Lisa, 1900s– Monna Lisa.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English Mona Lisa.

Etymology: < Mona Lisa, the name in English of a portrait painted (1503–6) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) < Italian Monna Lisa (del Giocondo) , the name of the portrayed woman, wife of Francesco del Giocondo ( < Monna ( < Madonna : see Madonna n.) + Lisa , female forename); the painting is called La Gioconda in Italian (compare Gioconda n.).

A. n.

allusively. A woman having an enigmatic smile or expression such as that of the woman in Leonardo's painting, the Mona Lisa. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > person > woman

mystery woman1913

Mona Lisa1923

1835 T. Moore Progress of Painting in Keepsake 1836 278 Some Mona Lisa, on whose eyes, A painter for whole years might gaze.

1920 T. S. Eliot Sacred Wood 91 It [sc. Hamlet] is the ‘Mona Lisa’ of literature.

1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (N.Y. ed.) 129 She, smiling with goaty munch-mouth, Mona Lisa, arranges it so.

1963 Listener 17 Jan. 138/3 So our provincial Kulturhunde had thirty minutes of that Vassar-educated Mona Lisa, Miss Mary McCarthy.

2000 Scotsman 13 Sept. 14/5 There is the slightest suggestion of a smirk on her lips. Is ALK re-inventing hersel' as the Mona Lisa of Scottish literature.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of a smile, etc.: reminiscent of that represented in Leonardo's painting, the Mona Lisa; enigmatic, mysterious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > types of smile

wide-mouthed1658

worn-out1842

Mona Lisa1894

Gioconda1921

1894 Harvard Advocate 22 Jan. 111/2 One of the Men, '95 (an intelligent looking person with a Mona Lisa smile).

1918 E. L. Masters Toward Gulf 89 And then she turned and saw me, And faced me in her nakedness..A Mona Lisa smile upon her lips.

1930 J. Collier His Monkey Wife xiv. 197 She eyed Emily with what had been called, in her last year at school, her Mona Lisa smile.

1967 J. Creasey Famine xii. 113 She stood in front of him with that half-smile, a Mona Lisa kind of inscrutability.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 Jan. a12/5 Paydirt! Is that Mona Lisa smile a hint I'm onto something?

2008 M. L. Davis Mona Lisa in Camelot iii. 196 Jackie posed for photographers on her way inside the building... One newspaper also noted the First Lady's ‘Mona Lisa smile’.

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

单词	mona lisa
释义	Mona Lisan.adj. Brit. /ˌməʊnə ˈliːsə/, /ˌməʊnə ˈliːzə/, U.S. /ˌmoʊnə ˈlisə/, /ˌmoʊnə ˈlizə/ Forms: 1800s– Mona Lisa, 1900s– Monna Lisa. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English Mona Lisa. Etymology: < Mona Lisa, the name in English of a portrait painted (1503–6) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) < Italian Monna Lisa (del Giocondo) , the name of the portrayed woman, wife of Francesco del Giocondo ( < Monna ( < Madonna : see Madonna n.) + Lisa , female forename); the painting is called La Gioconda in Italian (compare Gioconda n.). A. n. allusively. A woman having an enigmatic smile or expression such as that of the woman in Leonardo's painting, the Mona Lisa. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > person > woman mystery woman1913 Mona Lisa1923 1835 T. Moore Progress of Painting in Keepsake 1836 278 Some Mona Lisa, on whose eyes, A painter for whole years might gaze. 1920 T. S. Eliot Sacred Wood 91 It [sc. Hamlet] is the ‘Mona Lisa’ of literature. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (N.Y. ed.) 129 She, smiling with goaty munch-mouth, Mona Lisa, arranges it so. 1963 Listener 17 Jan. 138/3 So our provincial Kulturhunde had thirty minutes of that Vassar-educated Mona Lisa, Miss Mary McCarthy. 2000 Scotsman 13 Sept. 14/5 There is the slightest suggestion of a smirk on her lips. Is ALK re-inventing hersel' as the Mona Lisa of Scottish literature. B. adj. (attributive). Of a smile, etc.: reminiscent of that represented in Leonardo's painting, the Mona Lisa; enigmatic, mysterious. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > types of smile wide-mouthed1658 worn-out1842 Mona Lisa1894 Gioconda1921 1894 Harvard Advocate 22 Jan. 111/2 One of the Men, '95 (an intelligent looking person with a Mona Lisa smile). 1918 E. L. Masters Toward Gulf 89 And then she turned and saw me, And faced me in her nakedness..A Mona Lisa smile upon her lips. 1930 J. Collier His Monkey Wife xiv. 197 She eyed Emily with what had been called, in her last year at school, her Mona Lisa smile. 1967 J. Creasey Famine xii. 113 She stood in front of him with that half-smile, a Mona Lisa kind of inscrutability. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 Jan. a12/5 Paydirt! Is that Mona Lisa smile a hint I'm onto something? 2008 M. L. Davis Mona Lisa in Camelot iii. 196 Jackie posed for photographers on her way inside the building... One newspaper also noted the First Lady's ‘Mona Lisa smile’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1835
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