moeursn.

Brit.

/məː/,

/mʊə/,

/mʊəs/, U.S.

/mər(z)/

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

Etymology: < French mœurs (see mours n.).The same word was earlier borrowed as mours n.; the present entry shows later reborrowing as an non-naturalized loan.

With plural agreement. The customs, practices, or behaviour typical of a particular social group or sphere of activity. Cf. mores n., mours n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun]

moursc1250

manners?a1425

way of living1516

fashions1555

way of lifea1616

ways1628

customary1796

moeurs1854

culture1860

mores1898

1833 Lady Morgan Easter Recess i, in Dramatic Scenes II. 146 She [sc. a French woman] would have planted ‘the royal victims’ at old Holyrood, depend upon it; and would have condescended to enlighten the Tory coteries of St. James's with the politics and les moeurs of the pavillon Marsan.]

1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 160 The revolutions which this half century has seen..have caused the profoundest changes in our ideas, in all of our philosophy, in our literature, in our moeurs, and even in our hygiene.

1922 E. Blunden Bonadventure xxi. 136 So strongly did I feel that in his hours of leisure and coallessness he was a critic of verse and mœurs that I almost asked him his name.

1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood ii. i. 145 I am a student of human behaviour. I am—how shall I call it?—an experimentalist in mœurs.

1965 New Statesman 14 May 774/2 Mr. Baker's evident ambition was to present us with an authentic portrait of fleeting teenage moeurs.

1991 N. Baker U & I vii. 135 Our generation, I think it is fair to say, thinks it knows more about the moeurs of gaiety than any group so big and so mixed ever knew before.

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

单词	moeurs
释义	moeursn. Brit. /məː/, /mʊə/, /mʊəs/, U.S. /mər(z)/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mœurs. Etymology: < French mœurs (see mours n.).The same word was earlier borrowed as mours n.; the present entry shows later reborrowing as an non-naturalized loan. With plural agreement. The customs, practices, or behaviour typical of a particular social group or sphere of activity. Cf. mores n., mours n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] moursc1250 manners?a1425 way of living1516 fashions1555 way of lifea1616 ways1628 customary1796 moeurs1854 culture1860 mores1898 1833 Lady Morgan Easter Recess i, in Dramatic Scenes II. 146 She [sc. a French woman] would have planted ‘the royal victims’ at old Holyrood, depend upon it; and would have condescended to enlighten the Tory coteries of St. James's with the politics and les moeurs of the pavillon Marsan.] 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 160 The revolutions which this half century has seen..have caused the profoundest changes in our ideas, in all of our philosophy, in our literature, in our moeurs, and even in our hygiene. 1922 E. Blunden Bonadventure xxi. 136 So strongly did I feel that in his hours of leisure and coallessness he was a critic of verse and mœurs that I almost asked him his name. 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood ii. i. 145 I am a student of human behaviour. I am—how shall I call it?—an experimentalist in mœurs. 1965 New Statesman 14 May 774/2 Mr. Baker's evident ambition was to present us with an authentic portrait of fleeting teenage moeurs. 1991 N. Baker U & I vii. 135 Our generation, I think it is fair to say, thinks it knows more about the moeurs of gaiety than any group so big and so mixed ever knew before. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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