terre-à-terreadj.adv.

/tɛr a tɛr/

Etymology: French: see terra a terra n. and adj.

A. adj.

1. Ballet. Applied to a step or manner of dancing in which the feet remain on or close to the ground.French terre à terre ‘pas de danse qui s'exécute sans sauter’ Roquefort 1829.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [adjective] > movements or positions

terre-à-terre1797

adagio1915

allegro1922

tendu1922

penchée1930

soutenu1930

taqueté1930

piqué1931

voyagé1931

posé1949

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Terra, a terra,..is also apply'd to Dancers who cut no Capers, nor scarce quit the Ground. Hence it is also figuratively apply'd to Authors, whose Stile and Diction is low and creeping.]

1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 668/1 The grander sort of dancing, and terre à terre, is the best adapted to such dancers.

1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) ii. vi. 77 In all your high caperings, develope a manly vigour, and let your steps of elevation be agreeably contrasted, by the rapidity of your terre-à-terre steps.

1961 Times 27 May 6/2 He regrets that the Bolshoi ballet seemed to pay so little attention to terre à terre dancing.

1983 M. Keynes Lydia Lopokova 59 During the next year, 1912, Lydia..danced an extremely difficult terre-à-terre ‘toe dance’.

2. In extended use: without elevation of style; down-to-earth, realistic, matter-of-fact; pedestrian, unimaginative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective]

positive1594

literal1633

unprojecting1647

pounds, shillings, and pence?1650

matter of fact1712

unvisionary1794

unimaginative1814

literalist1838

literal-mindeda1849

visionless1856

realistic1862

terre-à-terre1888

pragmatical1896

illusionless1897

cookie cutter1922

down to earth1922

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration

fanciless1753

unfanciful1814

uninspiring1815

uninventful1856

inventionless1887

terre-à-terre1888

inspirationless1896

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > low in style

broad1490

low1518

bawdy1519

comical?1565

foot1582

tavernly1612

mean1659

gruff1681

vulgar1716

terra a terra1728

pedestrian1805

unraised1817

terre-à-terre1888

1888 Athenæum 6 Oct. 443/3 His very matter-of-factness, his terre-à-terre fidelity to his authorities.

1898 Daily News 25 Oct. 2/3 It is so ‘true’, and yet just removed from that terre-à-terre fact which distinguishes so much portraiture.

1907 W. James Pragmatism vii. 268 Shutting out all wider metaphysical views and condemning us to the most terre-à-terre naturalism.

1912 W. James Ess. Radical Empiricism xii. 266 No seeker of truth can fail to rejoice at the terre-à-terre sort of discussion of the issues between Empiricism and Transcendentalism..that seems to have begun in Mind.

1920 Athenæum 5 Nov. 617/2 The author of ‘Les Baisers’ always elegantly terre-à-terre, formulates his more concrete desires.

1930 Time & Tide 18 Apr. 500/2 He was too frank not to admit that his friend and chief was, intellectually, very terre-à-terre.

1941 Burlington Mag. Aug. 37/2 The romanticism of this portrait is not the sophisticated, rarefied one..: it is definitely more terre-à-terre.

1981 Listener 26 Feb. 284/3 She..was ‘a credible girl who suffered from menstrual cramps’... You can't get more terre à terre than that.

B. adv. Ballet.

Of dancing: in a terre-à-terre style.

ΚΠ

1915 M. E. Perugini Art of Ballet iii. 33 To dance, ‘terre-à-terre’, that is, with the feet, or one foot at least, on or close to the ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	terre-à-terre
释义	terre-à-terreadj.adv. /tɛr a tɛr/ Etymology: French: see terra a terra n. and adj. A. adj. 1. Ballet. Applied to a step or manner of dancing in which the feet remain on or close to the ground.French terre à terre ‘pas de danse qui s'exécute sans sauter’ Roquefort 1829. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [adjective] > movements or positions terre-à-terre1797 adagio1915 allegro1922 tendu1922 penchée1930 soutenu1930 taqueté1930 piqué1931 voyagé1931 posé1949 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Terra, a terra,..is also apply'd to Dancers who cut no Capers, nor scarce quit the Ground. Hence it is also figuratively apply'd to Authors, whose Stile and Diction is low and creeping.] 1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 668/1 The grander sort of dancing, and terre à terre, is the best adapted to such dancers. 1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) ii. vi. 77 In all your high caperings, develope a manly vigour, and let your steps of elevation be agreeably contrasted, by the rapidity of your terre-à-terre steps. 1961 Times 27 May 6/2 He regrets that the Bolshoi ballet seemed to pay so little attention to terre à terre dancing. 1983 M. Keynes Lydia Lopokova 59 During the next year, 1912, Lydia..danced an extremely difficult terre-à-terre ‘toe dance’. 2. In extended use: without elevation of style; down-to-earth, realistic, matter-of-fact; pedestrian, unimaginative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective] positive1594 literal1633 unprojecting1647 pounds, shillings, and pence?1650 matter of fact1712 unvisionary1794 unimaginative1814 literalist1838 literal-mindeda1849 visionless1856 realistic1862 terre-à-terre1888 pragmatical1896 illusionless1897 cookie cutter1922 down to earth1922 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration fanciless1753 unfanciful1814 uninspiring1815 uninventful1856 inventionless1887 terre-à-terre1888 inspirationless1896 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > low in style broad1490 low1518 bawdy1519 comical?1565 foot1582 tavernly1612 mean1659 gruff1681 vulgar1716 terra a terra1728 pedestrian1805 unraised1817 terre-à-terre1888 1888 Athenæum 6 Oct. 443/3 His very matter-of-factness, his terre-à-terre fidelity to his authorities. 1898 Daily News 25 Oct. 2/3 It is so ‘true’, and yet just removed from that terre-à-terre fact which distinguishes so much portraiture. 1907 W. James Pragmatism vii. 268 Shutting out all wider metaphysical views and condemning us to the most terre-à-terre naturalism. 1912 W. James Ess. Radical Empiricism xii. 266 No seeker of truth can fail to rejoice at the terre-à-terre sort of discussion of the issues between Empiricism and Transcendentalism..that seems to have begun in Mind. 1920 Athenæum 5 Nov. 617/2 The author of ‘Les Baisers’ always elegantly terre-à-terre, formulates his more concrete desires. 1930 Time & Tide 18 Apr. 500/2 He was too frank not to admit that his friend and chief was, intellectually, very terre-à-terre. 1941 Burlington Mag. Aug. 37/2 The romanticism of this portrait is not the sophisticated, rarefied one..: it is definitely more terre-à-terre. 1981 Listener 26 Feb. 284/3 She..was ‘a credible girl who suffered from menstrual cramps’... You can't get more terre à terre than that. B. adv. Ballet. Of dancing: in a terre-à-terre style. ΚΠ 1915 M. E. Perugini Art of Ballet iii. 33 To dance, ‘terre-à-terre’, that is, with the feet, or one foot at least, on or close to the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.adv.1797
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