pur et durn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpʊər eɪ ˈdʊə/, U.S.

/ˌpʊr eɪ ˈdʊ(ə)r/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, purs et durs.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pur et dur.

Etymology: < French pur et dur, adjective (1956 or earlier in political use), noun (1994 or earlier in Canadian French in this sense) < pur pure adj. + et and + dur hard (see dure adj.).

A. n.

Politics. A member of a hard-line political party or faction; spec. (chiefly Canadian) a (radical) sovereignist.

ΚΠ

1960 R. Brace & J. Brace Ordeal in Algeria vi. 221 He was neither a Gaullist nor an activist, but a ‘pur et dur’.

1986 Eng. Hist. Rev. 101 268 The trimmers who rally to the flag at the last moment obtain the rewards of office, while the ultra-royalists, the purs et durs, are brushed aside.

1995 Gazette (Montreal) 31 Oct. b9 PQ finance minister Jacques Parizeau had resigned from the cabinet, along with other hard-line separatists known as the ‘purs et durs’.

2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 19 Aug. a16 The purs et durs who want clear-cut independence no matter what versus the soft nationalists who ardently wish for a sovereign state that would maintain ties with Canada.

B. adj.

Of or relating to such a person; uncompromising in policy or principle. Also as postmodifier.

ΚΠ

1967 World Politics 19 683 The ‘growing occupation’ of the army with ideological approaches..as well as its manifest desire to put these ‘pur et dur’ doctrines into operation.

1988 New Statesman 3 June 22/2 Owen himself might emerge as the last white hope of market liberalism pur et dur.

1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Dec. k3 John Hyland..has just the present for the pur et dur Formula One fan.

2004 Canad. Jrnl. Hist. 39 596 The experience of open debate and protest..won even the most pur et dur antimilitarists over to the Republic.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pur et dur
释义	pur et durn.adj. Brit. /ˌpʊər eɪ ˈdʊə/, U.S. /ˌpʊr eɪ ˈdʊ(ə)r/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, purs et durs. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pur et dur. Etymology: < French pur et dur, adjective (1956 or earlier in political use), noun (1994 or earlier in Canadian French in this sense) < pur pure adj. + et and + dur hard (see dure adj.). A. n. Politics. A member of a hard-line political party or faction; spec. (chiefly Canadian) a (radical) sovereignist. ΚΠ 1960 R. Brace & J. Brace Ordeal in Algeria vi. 221 He was neither a Gaullist nor an activist, but a ‘pur et dur’. 1986 Eng. Hist. Rev. 101 268 The trimmers who rally to the flag at the last moment obtain the rewards of office, while the ultra-royalists, the purs et durs, are brushed aside. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) 31 Oct. b9 PQ finance minister Jacques Parizeau had resigned from the cabinet, along with other hard-line separatists known as the ‘purs et durs’. 2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 19 Aug. a16 The purs et durs who want clear-cut independence no matter what versus the soft nationalists who ardently wish for a sovereign state that would maintain ties with Canada. B. adj. Of or relating to such a person; uncompromising in policy or principle. Also as postmodifier. ΚΠ 1967 World Politics 19 683 The ‘growing occupation’ of the army with ideological approaches..as well as its manifest desire to put these ‘pur et dur’ doctrines into operation. 1988 New Statesman 3 June 22/2 Owen himself might emerge as the last white hope of market liberalism pur et dur. 1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Dec. k3 John Hyland..has just the present for the pur et dur Formula One fan. 2004 Canad. Jrnl. Hist. 39 596 The experience of open debate and protest..won even the most pur et dur antimilitarists over to the Republic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1960
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