pièce de circonstancen.

Brit.

/piːˌɛs də ˈsɪəkɒnstɒns/,

/piːˌɛs də ˈsəːkɒnstɒns/, U.S.

/piˌɛs də ˈsərˌkɑnˌstɑns/

Inflections: Plural pièces de circonstance.

Forms: 1800s piéce de circumstance (irregular), 1800s– pièce de circonstance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pièce de circonstance.

Etymology: < French pièce de circonstance (1697 or earlier as pièce de circonstances ) < pièce piece n. + de de prep. + circonstance circumstance n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form pièces de circonstance after the French plural form.

A literary work, theory, etc., originating in or inspired by particular events or circumstances.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > other spec.

defence1546

paradox1594

secret history1650

pentaglot1727

morceau1748

murdering piece1797

pièce de circonstance1830

national epic1841

scholarly edition1850

cantefable1903

chantefable1937

1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 II. 63 The people..applauded..with a very different enthusiasm, from that with which the audiences of 1816 received the miserable piéces de circumstance [sic] then got up..to favour the restoration.

1841 T. Hook Fleury's French Stage II. xxvii. 242 We found that our friends were no longer attracted by good plays, but by what are termed pièces de circonstance.

1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism ii. 89 His sermons and pamphlets..were pièces de circonstance, thrown off in the storm of a revolution.

1995 Eng. Hist. Rev. 110 782 The published outcome is more than a pièce de circonstance: it stimulates to reflection on neglected aspects of German statehood as an international problem.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pièce de circonstance
释义	pièce de circonstancen. Brit. /piːˌɛs də ˈsɪəkɒnstɒns/, /piːˌɛs də ˈsəːkɒnstɒns/, U.S. /piˌɛs də ˈsərˌkɑnˌstɑns/ Inflections: Plural pièces de circonstance. Forms: 1800s piéce de circumstance (irregular), 1800s– pièce de circonstance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pièce de circonstance. Etymology: < French pièce de circonstance (1697 or earlier as pièce de circonstances ) < pièce piece n. + de de prep. + circonstance circumstance n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form pièces de circonstance after the French plural form. A literary work, theory, etc., originating in or inspired by particular events or circumstances. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > other spec. defence1546 paradox1594 secret history1650 pentaglot1727 morceau1748 murdering piece1797 pièce de circonstance1830 national epic1841 scholarly edition1850 cantefable1903 chantefable1937 1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 II. 63 The people..applauded..with a very different enthusiasm, from that with which the audiences of 1816 received the miserable piéces de circumstance [sic] then got up..to favour the restoration. 1841 T. Hook Fleury's French Stage II. xxvii. 242 We found that our friends were no longer attracted by good plays, but by what are termed pièces de circonstance. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism ii. 89 His sermons and pamphlets..were pièces de circonstance, thrown off in the storm of a revolution. 1995 Eng. Hist. Rev. 110 782 The published outcome is more than a pièce de circonstance: it stimulates to reflection on neglected aspects of German statehood as an international problem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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