museum piecen.

Brit.

/mjuːˈziːəm piːs/,

/mjᵿˈziːəm piːs/, U.S.

/mjuˈziəm ˌpis/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: museum n., piece n.

Etymology: < museum n. + piece n.

1. An object forming part of a museum collection; an object worthy of display in a museum.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibit > object suitable for exhibition

museum piece1898

1898 Harper's Mag. Feb. 451/1 This work, a mere museum piece, but certainly of a high order, remained until 1840 in Italy.

1908 R. Fry Let. 12 Dec. (1972) I. 306 It would be a great Museum piece, but..the price is high for Ribera.

1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 228 I felt as if I had a priceless museum piece which a single stumble might shatter to fragments.

1996 Independent 28 Aug. i. 7/2 Many museum pieces were unprovenanced and have traditionally been seen as Inca in origin.

2. In extended use.

a. humorous. A very fine or redoubtable example of a particular quality. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person

gemc1275

blooma1300

excellence1447

mirrorc1450

man of mena1470

treasure?1545

paragon1548

shining light1563

Apollo's swan?1592

man of wax1597

rara avis1607

Titan1611

choice spirita1616

excellency1725

inestimable1728

inimitable1751

cock of the walk1781

surpasser1805

shiner1810

swell1816

trump1819

tip-topper1822

star1829

beauty1832

soarer1895

trumph1895

pansy1899

Renaissance man1906

exemplum virtutis1914

museum piece1920

superman1925

flyer1930

pistol1935

all-star1949

1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar iii. 31 Quong Ho was admitted to be a museum-piece of discretion.

b. A person or thing regarded as old-fashioned, irrelevant, or useless; an anachronism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned

fogramity1796

fossil1844

back number1882

vieux jeu1896

dinosaur1899

Model T1909

old hat1911

throwback1923

museum piece1928

geriatric1977

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. xi. 82 The girl and her brother had been museum pieces, two Americans without money to speak of.

1936 L. MacNeice tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon Pref. 8 It is my hope that the play emerges as a play and not as a museum piece.

1960 H. Nicolson Let. 22 Sept. (1968) 385 I had to lunch with such a bore... He is a museum piece; it is like seeing a railway-engine of 1854.

1992 BBC Music Dec. 73/3 He was..a conservative late Romantic, working in the language of European tonality at a time when such things seemed already to be museum pieces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	museum piece
释义	museum piecen. Brit. /mjuːˈziːəm piːs/, /mjᵿˈziːəm piːs/, U.S. /mjuˈziəm ˌpis/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: museum n., piece n. Etymology: < museum n. + piece n. 1. An object forming part of a museum collection; an object worthy of display in a museum. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibit > object suitable for exhibition museum piece1898 1898 Harper's Mag. Feb. 451/1 This work, a mere museum piece, but certainly of a high order, remained until 1840 in Italy. 1908 R. Fry Let. 12 Dec. (1972) I. 306 It would be a great Museum piece, but..the price is high for Ribera. 1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 228 I felt as if I had a priceless museum piece which a single stumble might shatter to fragments. 1996 Independent 28 Aug. i. 7/2 Many museum pieces were unprovenanced and have traditionally been seen as Inca in origin. 2. In extended use. a. humorous. A very fine or redoubtable example of a particular quality. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar iii. 31 Quong Ho was admitted to be a museum-piece of discretion. b. A person or thing regarded as old-fashioned, irrelevant, or useless; an anachronism. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned fogramity1796 fossil1844 back number1882 vieux jeu1896 dinosaur1899 Model T1909 old hat1911 throwback1923 museum piece1928 geriatric1977 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. xi. 82 The girl and her brother had been museum pieces, two Americans without money to speak of. 1936 L. MacNeice tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon Pref. 8 It is my hope that the play emerges as a play and not as a museum piece. 1960 H. Nicolson Let. 22 Sept. (1968) 385 I had to lunch with such a bore... He is a museum piece; it is like seeing a railway-engine of 1854. 1992 BBC Music Dec. 73/3 He was..a conservative late Romantic, working in the language of European tonality at a time when such things seemed already to be museum pieces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898
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