pièce de résistancen.

Brit.

/piːˌɛs də rᵻˈzɪstɒ̃s/,

/piːˌɛs də rɛˈzɪstɒ̃s/,

/piːˌɛs də ˌrɛzᵻˈstɒ̃s/, U.S.

/piˌɛs də rəˌziˈstɑns/,

/piˌɛs də reɪˌziˈstɑns/

Inflections: Plural pièces de résistance.

Forms: 1700s– piece de resistance, 1700s– pièce de résistance, 1900s piece de résistance.

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

Etymology: < French pièce de résistance main dish of a meal (1732 or earlier), prize item (1791–8, referring to a woman) < pièce piece n. + de de prep. + résistance resistance n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form pièces de résistance after the French plural form.

1. The most substantial dish of a meal. Now rare.In quot. 1789 used in figurative context so as to resemble sense 2.

ΚΠ

1789 R. Cumberland Imposters i. 13 Fair Eleanor is the dish of dainties at the head of the table; plain Dorothy is the piece de resistance at the foot of it.

1839 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott III. xix. 214 (note) In answer to her host's apology for his piece de resistance.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 206/1 Roast fowl usually appeared as the piece de résistance on the noon-day Sabbath menu.

2. The prize item in a collection, group, or series; the climax or most impressive part of an event, display, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person

highesteOE

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greatest?c1225

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crestc1400

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outrepass1477

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primrose peerless1523

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surquidry1607

excellency1611

nonsuchc1613

crown jewel1646

top1665

patriarch1700

pièce de résistance1793

number one1825

business1868

resistance piece1870

star1882

mostest1889

koh-i-noor1892

best-ever1905

flagship1933

the end1950

endsville1957

Big Mac1969

mack daddy1993

1793 C. Smith Let. 31 Oct. in Coll. Lett. (2003) 85 We have still..La Vie de Turenne which being a piece de resistance, we have not quite finish'd.

1878 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 279/1 In the Austrian Gallery, Mackart's large picture of ‘Charles V. entering Antwerp’, is the pièce de resistance.

1893 Outing 22 149/2 The pièce de résistance of the entire ride lies between Poughkeepsie and Yonkers.

1958 Observer 9 Mar. 10/4 But do not miss, as you so easily could, the two pièces de résistance.

1995 Mixmag May 19/1 His piece de resistance is a huge wooden box full of placebo drugs.

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

单词	pièce de résistance
释义	pièce de résistancen. Brit. /piːˌɛs də rᵻˈzɪstɒ̃s/, /piːˌɛs də rɛˈzɪstɒ̃s/, /piːˌɛs də ˌrɛzᵻˈstɒ̃s/, U.S. /piˌɛs də rəˌziˈstɑns/, /piˌɛs də reɪˌziˈstɑns/ Inflections: Plural pièces de résistance. Forms: 1700s– piece de resistance, 1700s– pièce de résistance, 1900s piece de résistance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pièce de résistance. Etymology: < French pièce de résistance main dish of a meal (1732 or earlier), prize item (1791–8, referring to a woman) < pièce piece n. + de de prep. + résistance resistance n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form pièces de résistance after the French plural form. 1. The most substantial dish of a meal. Now rare.In quot. 1789 used in figurative context so as to resemble sense 2. ΚΠ 1789 R. Cumberland Imposters i. 13 Fair Eleanor is the dish of dainties at the head of the table; plain Dorothy is the piece de resistance at the foot of it. 1839 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott III. xix. 214 (note) In answer to her host's apology for his piece de resistance. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 206/1 Roast fowl usually appeared as the piece de résistance on the noon-day Sabbath menu. 2. The prize item in a collection, group, or series; the climax or most impressive part of an event, display, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person highesteOE bestOE greatest?c1225 pridec1330 crestc1400 primrosea1450 outrepass1477 A per sea1500 primrose peerless1523 prisec1540 prime1579 surquidry1607 excellency1611 nonsuchc1613 crown jewel1646 top1665 patriarch1700 pièce de résistance1793 number one1825 business1868 resistance piece1870 star1882 mostest1889 koh-i-noor1892 best-ever1905 flagship1933 the end1950 endsville1957 Big Mac1969 mack daddy1993 1793 C. Smith Let. 31 Oct. in Coll. Lett. (2003) 85 We have still..La Vie de Turenne which being a piece de resistance, we have not quite finish'd. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 279/1 In the Austrian Gallery, Mackart's large picture of ‘Charles V. entering Antwerp’, is the pièce de resistance. 1893 Outing 22 149/2 The pièce de résistance of the entire ride lies between Poughkeepsie and Yonkers. 1958 Observer 9 Mar. 10/4 But do not miss, as you so easily could, the two pièces de résistance. 1995 Mixmag May 19/1 His piece de resistance is a huge wooden box full of placebo drugs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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