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单词 petite bourgeoise
释义

petite bourgeoisen.

Brit. /pəˌtiːt ˈbʊəʒwɑːz/, /pəˌtiːt ˈbɔːʒwɑːz/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdi bʊrˈʒwɑz/, /pəˌti(t) bʊrˈʒwɑz/
Inflections: Plural petites bourgeoises.
Forms: 1800s– petite bourgeoise, 1900s– petit bourgeoise (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite bourgeoise.
Etymology: < French petite bourgeoise, feminine form corresponding to petit bourgeois petit bourgeois n. Compare slightly later petit bourgeois n.Compare earlier use as part of quoted French phrases:1760 S. Foote Minor II. 61 Ah la jòlie petite Bourgoise; Poor girl, I sincerely pity her.a1777 S. Foote Maid of Bath (1778) 55 A garson of your antient famille to take up with a pauvre petite bourgoise?
A woman of the lower-middle classes of society.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > woman
bourgeoise1772
petite bourgeoise1846
Mrs Dale1954
1846 Foreign Q. Rev. 37 473 You may descend from that rank..and become a petite bourgeoise.
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xliii. 338 Should you object to beginning with three petite bourgeoises, the Demoiselles Miret?
1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 20 Mar. 290/2 She suddenly drops from an Egyptian warrior queen into a naughty English petite bourgeoise.
1975 A. Beevor Violent Brink iii. 56 She was a fraud; a petit [sic] bourgeoise in revolt..for emotional reasons.
2002 Brit. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. (Nexis) 32 435 She was a petite bourgeoise, a grocer's daughter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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