Mont de Piétén.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnt də piːɛˈteɪ/,

/ˌmɒ̃ də piːɛˈteɪ/, U.S.

/ˌmɑn də ˌpieɪˈteɪ/

Inflections: Plural Monts de Piété.

Forms: 1800s– Mont de Piété, 1900s– Mont de Pieté. Also with lower-case initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mont de piété.

Etymology: < French mont de piété (1611; 1576 in Middle French with reference to an Italian institution) < mont mount n.¹ + de of + piété piety n., after Italian monte di pietà Monte di Pietà n. Compare earlier Mount of Piety n., Mount of Pity n., Monte di Pietà n.Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. (1989) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation /mɔ̃ də pjete/.

In France: a lending house or pawnshop funded by the Church or State; = Mount of Piety n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop

mountain of piety1617

loan-house1622

Mount of Pietya1630

Monte di Pietà1654

loan-bank1662

loan-office1720

Mount of Pity1792

lending-house1797

Mont de Piété1840

loan-shop1849

1840 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 3 293 I was greatly interested in that admirable institution the Mont de Piété,..with a view to bring the system into operation in the north of Ireland and thereby diminish the evils of the pawnbroking system.

1852 S. L. Blanchard in Househ. Words 17 Apr. 116/1 Loans from the Mont de Piété may be effected..at the succursale.

1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. vi. 215 There would be no difficulty..of instituting a private Mont de Piété.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iv. 43 The idea of—er—pledging the pearls at the local Mont de Pieté was, you will readily understand, repugnant to us.

1967 S. Pakenham Sixty Miles from Eng. ii. 31 The Mont de Piété was full of gold earrings, pawned by fishwives, for the price of fish was low.

1996 N. Baker Size of Thoughts 239 There were several proposals for the founding of charitable, semi-public lumber-houses, on the model of church-or state-funded monts-de-Piété in Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome.

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

单词	mont de piété
释义	Mont de Piétén. Brit. /ˌmɒnt də piːɛˈteɪ/, /ˌmɒ̃ də piːɛˈteɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɑn də ˌpieɪˈteɪ/ Inflections: Plural Monts de Piété. Forms: 1800s– Mont de Piété, 1900s– Mont de Pieté. Also with lower-case initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mont de piété. Etymology: < French mont de piété (1611; 1576 in Middle French with reference to an Italian institution) < mont mount n.¹ + de of + piété piety n., after Italian monte di pietà Monte di Pietà n. Compare earlier Mount of Piety n., Mount of Pity n., Monte di Pietà n.Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. (1989) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation /mɔ̃ də pjete/. In France: a lending house or pawnshop funded by the Church or State; = Mount of Piety n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop mountain of piety1617 loan-house1622 Mount of Pietya1630 Monte di Pietà1654 loan-bank1662 loan-office1720 Mount of Pity1792 lending-house1797 Mont de Piété1840 loan-shop1849 1840 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 3 293 I was greatly interested in that admirable institution the Mont de Piété,..with a view to bring the system into operation in the north of Ireland and thereby diminish the evils of the pawnbroking system. 1852 S. L. Blanchard in Househ. Words 17 Apr. 116/1 Loans from the Mont de Piété may be effected..at the succursale. 1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. vi. 215 There would be no difficulty..of instituting a private Mont de Piété. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iv. 43 The idea of—er—pledging the pearls at the local Mont de Pieté was, you will readily understand, repugnant to us. 1967 S. Pakenham Sixty Miles from Eng. ii. 31 The Mont de Piété was full of gold earrings, pawned by fishwives, for the price of fish was low. 1996 N. Baker Size of Thoughts 239 There were several proposals for the founding of charitable, semi-public lumber-houses, on the model of church-or state-funded monts-de-Piété in Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840
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