morceau de muséen.

Brit.

/mɔːˌsəʊ də m(j)uːˈzeɪ/, U.S.

/mɔrˌsoʊ də m(j)uˈzeɪ/

Inflections: Plural morceaux de musée.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morceau de musée.

Etymology: < French morceau de musée (1886 in Zola in plural form morceaux de musée ) < morceau morceau n. + de de prep. + musée musée n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form morceaux de musée after the French plural form.

A museum piece; something of sufficient quality or rarity to be preserved in a museum. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique

antique1530

relic1605

relict1646

venerable1803

morceau de musée1896

period piece1909

1896 H. James in Atlantic Monthly June 722/2 ‘I only brought away what I required.’ Fleda had got up... ‘You “required” the very best pieces,—the morceaux de musée, the individual gems!’ she answered, smiling.

1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. i. 12 You belong to a class about which everything is known. You're what they call a morceau de musée.

1964 Eng. Stud. 45 237 Leaving behind the artifact, the morceau de musée, ‘Medallion’.

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

单词	morceau de musée
释义	morceau de muséen. Brit. /mɔːˌsəʊ də m(j)uːˈzeɪ/, U.S. /mɔrˌsoʊ də m(j)uˈzeɪ/ Inflections: Plural morceaux de musée. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morceau de musée. Etymology: < French morceau de musée (1886 in Zola in plural form morceaux de musée ) < morceau morceau n. + de de prep. + musée musée n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form morceaux de musée after the French plural form. A museum piece; something of sufficient quality or rarity to be preserved in a museum. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique antique1530 relic1605 relict1646 venerable1803 morceau de musée1896 period piece1909 1896 H. James in Atlantic Monthly June 722/2 ‘I only brought away what I required.’ Fleda had got up... ‘You “required” the very best pieces,—the morceaux de musée, the individual gems!’ she answered, smiling. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. i. 12 You belong to a class about which everything is known. You're what they call a morceau de musée. 1964 Eng. Stud. 45 237 Leaving behind the artifact, the morceau de musée, ‘Medallion’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896
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