单词 | veillée |
释义 | veilléen. In French-speaking areas: a traditional evening social gathering of a family or community, often with singing, dancing, etc.Earliest attested with reference to rural areas of France; the word is later also found in Canada and Louisiana. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > evening gathering conversazione1740 evening party1742 sociable1750 evening1791 soirée1793 Gregory1804 veillée1825 tertulia1828 swarry1837 social evening1844 1825 F. C. A. Cox Camisard I. i. 2 This circumstance, in itself extremely simple, was not sufficient for more than the conversation of one veillée. 1891 E. S. Hartland Sci. of Fairy Tales i. 7 The account given by M. Luzel of the Veillées in which he has often taken part in Brittany. 1933 M. Barbeau in Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. 7 12 The veillée began early, even before all the guests had arrived. 1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2012) V. 813/1 [Louisiana] Veillée..a visit. ‘We had a little veillée last night.’ 1988 P. Morrice French Americans 81 As their earning power grew they purchased more modern goods, and an evening in front of the television replaced the veillée. 2003 Winnipeg Free Press 31 Mar. b1/1 A French Canadian veillee will be held Saturday night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1825 |
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