Prince Charmingn.

Brit.

/ˌprɪns ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌprɪns ˈtʃɑrmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: prince n., charming adj.

Etymology: < prince n. + charming adj., after French roi Charmant, the name of the hero of the fairy tale L'Oiseau Bleu (1698) by Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy (1650–1705), in which Charmant is a proper name. Compare French prince Charmant (1845 or earlier in this sense; 1828 in the title of a vaudeville play by E. Scribe).In English the name first appears as that of the hero of J. R. Planché's play King Charming (compare quot. 1850), also called Prince Charming (compare quot. 1851), and was later adopted for the hero of various fairy-tale pantomimes, especially Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.

A fairy-tale hero; an ideal or idealized young male lover; a perfect young man.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures

man in the moon1596

Briarean1598

phantasim1598

mooncalf1638

splacknuck1726

Idomenian1764

little green man1802

ring-tailed roarer1828

Belsnickel1830

ice worm1830

catawampus1843

whangdoodle1852

Prince Charming1855

boojum1876

snark1879

Easter rabbit1881

Easter bunny1900

death moth1910

Moomin1950

energy vampire1967

tooth fairy1977

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > man

Prince Charming1855

Valentino1930

dreamboat1941

smasher1948

hunk1966

babe1973

oppa2009

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > [noun] > ideal person

bachelor's wife1546

Prince Charming1855

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun] > marriageable person > man desirable or ideal as husband

Mr Right1796

fairy prince1840

Prince Charming1855

the answer to a maiden's prayer1926

1850 Times 27 Dec. 5/2 Lyceum... Then followed the principal attraction of the evening, in the shape of a new and original fairy extravaganza, in two acts, entitled King Charming; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.

1851 Times 27 Dec. 3/3 An ‘entirely new and original fairy extravaganza’ followed. It is by the author of Prince Charming and other productions of established reputation.]

1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 25 Dec. 4/3 The burlesque of ‘King Charming’..The legend is taken from the Countess D'Aulnoy's fairy tale of ‘L'Oiseau Bleu’, and relates to the adventures of the wonderful Prince Charming, an immortal monarch, gifted with perpetual youth.

1862 Welcome Guest 4 Jan. 152/3 They tell me I am good looking, but I don't believe it; although the young ladies of my acquaintance, who are too bold for me, call me ‘Prince Charming’.

1899 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 20/2 Every girl looks forward to some Prince Charming who is to be the only man in the world to her.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. xiv. 161 A Gopher Prairie housewife, married a year, and yearning for a ‘Prince Charming’ like a bachfisch of sixteen!

1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xv. 225 There was a look in her eyes that made me think right away that she was feeling he was her Prince Charming.

1960 E. Eliot They all married Well xiii. 201 Virginia Bonynge was too pretty..to be forever scorned by all the Prince Charmings who abounded in London.

1989 G. Early Tuxedo Junction ii. v. 100 They sang to the hearts of every young black girl of a generation ago, telling them that they too could wish and hope for a black Prince Charming.

2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 150/1 To keep his female fans aflutter and the scandal sheets off his scent, he upheld the pretense of being a canned-ham Prince Charming even to the point of agreeing to an arranged marriage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prince charming
释义	Prince Charmingn. Brit. /ˌprɪns ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌprɪns ˈtʃɑrmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: prince n., charming adj. Etymology: < prince n. + charming adj., after French roi Charmant, the name of the hero of the fairy tale L'Oiseau Bleu (1698) by Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy (1650–1705), in which Charmant is a proper name. Compare French prince Charmant (1845 or earlier in this sense; 1828 in the title of a vaudeville play by E. Scribe).In English the name first appears as that of the hero of J. R. Planché's play King Charming (compare quot. 1850), also called Prince Charming (compare quot. 1851), and was later adopted for the hero of various fairy-tale pantomimes, especially Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. A fairy-tale hero; an ideal or idealized young male lover; a perfect young man. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures man in the moon1596 Briarean1598 phantasim1598 mooncalf1638 splacknuck1726 Idomenian1764 little green man1802 ring-tailed roarer1828 Belsnickel1830 ice worm1830 catawampus1843 whangdoodle1852 Prince Charming1855 boojum1876 snark1879 Easter rabbit1881 Easter bunny1900 death moth1910 Moomin1950 energy vampire1967 tooth fairy1977 the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > man Prince Charming1855 Valentino1930 dreamboat1941 smasher1948 hunk1966 babe1973 oppa2009 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > [noun] > ideal person bachelor's wife1546 Prince Charming1855 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun] > marriageable person > man desirable or ideal as husband Mr Right1796 fairy prince1840 Prince Charming1855 the answer to a maiden's prayer1926 1850 Times 27 Dec. 5/2 Lyceum... Then followed the principal attraction of the evening, in the shape of a new and original fairy extravaganza, in two acts, entitled King Charming; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. 1851 Times 27 Dec. 3/3 An ‘entirely new and original fairy extravaganza’ followed. It is by the author of Prince Charming and other productions of established reputation.] 1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 25 Dec. 4/3 The burlesque of ‘King Charming’..The legend is taken from the Countess D'Aulnoy's fairy tale of ‘L'Oiseau Bleu’, and relates to the adventures of the wonderful Prince Charming, an immortal monarch, gifted with perpetual youth. 1862 Welcome Guest 4 Jan. 152/3 They tell me I am good looking, but I don't believe it; although the young ladies of my acquaintance, who are too bold for me, call me ‘Prince Charming’. 1899 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 20/2 Every girl looks forward to some Prince Charming who is to be the only man in the world to her. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xiv. 161 A Gopher Prairie housewife, married a year, and yearning for a ‘Prince Charming’ like a bachfisch of sixteen! 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xv. 225 There was a look in her eyes that made me think right away that she was feeling he was her Prince Charming. 1960 E. Eliot They all married Well xiii. 201 Virginia Bonynge was too pretty..to be forever scorned by all the Prince Charmings who abounded in London. 1989 G. Early Tuxedo Junction ii. v. 100 They sang to the hearts of every young black girl of a generation ago, telling them that they too could wish and hope for a black Prince Charming. 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 150/1 To keep his female fans aflutter and the scandal sheets off his scent, he upheld the pretense of being a canned-ham Prince Charming even to the point of agreeing to an arranged marriage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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