va-et-vientn.

/va eɪ ˈvjã/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘goes-and-comes’.

Coming and going, toing and froing; commerce, exchange; bandying (of argument).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > [noun]

change?c1225

changingc1350

interchangingc1374

exchangec1384

permutationa1398

commutation1496

achange1530

chopping and changing1548

interchange1548

exchanging1553

promutation1560

intercourse1576

counterchange1579

chopping1581

counter-cambio?1592

interchangementa1616

commerce1631

swapping1695

barter1819

counterchanging1881

switching1904

va-et-vient1919

switch-around1981

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement back and forth

course and recourse1461

backing and filling1777

come-and-go1794

to and fro1847

toing and froing1847

va-et-vient1919

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun]

pleac1275

distancec1325

stance14..

in controversyc1432

disceptation1447

disputation1489

disception1492

concertation1509

controversity1528

contending1561

fending and proving1583

digladiation?1591

bandying1599

contestation1602

controverting1610

wrangling1612

contesting1616

rixation1623

contestion1632

controversarya1635

contest1642

vitilitigation1647

ergoteering1687

sparring1755

hash1789

controversying1865

argle-bargle1872

wringle-wrangle1882

argy-bargy1887

polemicizing1948

va-et-vient1959

1919 R. Fry Let. 3 Nov. (1972) II. 465 There is..a considerable va et vient of Paris artists.

1933 G. Arthur Septuagenarian's Scrap Bk. 18 For a large percentage of women life, day in day out, is a happy va-et-vient, sometimes rich in excellent results of practical value, sometimes only resolving itself into a flutter of delicious nothings.

1959 C. Spry Favourite Flowers iii. 28 Looking back over the quite gentle va-et-vient of this argument I know that really we are in agreement.

1966 Guardian 19 Mar. 7/4 All the well-intentioned wordy va-et-vient about Capote's book.

1978 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Feb. 8/3 In one university which has an art school, a history of art department, and a school of architecture and planning within five hundred yards of one another, the influence of one upon the other, or even the va et vient among the three, is virtually nonexistent.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 May 563/2 His whole teasing va-et-vient between the past and the present, at one moment restricting himself to ‘period’ viewpoint.., at the next speaking as from the 1970s.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	va-et-vient
释义	va-et-vientn. /va eɪ ˈvjã/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘goes-and-comes’. Coming and going, toing and froing; commerce, exchange; bandying (of argument). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] change?c1225 changingc1350 interchangingc1374 exchangec1384 permutationa1398 commutation1496 achange1530 chopping and changing1548 interchange1548 exchanging1553 promutation1560 intercourse1576 counterchange1579 chopping1581 counter-cambio?1592 interchangementa1616 commerce1631 swapping1695 barter1819 counterchanging1881 switching1904 va-et-vient1919 switch-around1981 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement back and forth course and recourse1461 backing and filling1777 come-and-go1794 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 va-et-vient1919 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] pleac1275 distancec1325 stance14.. in controversyc1432 disceptation1447 disputation1489 disception1492 concertation1509 controversity1528 contending1561 fending and proving1583 digladiation?1591 bandying1599 contestation1602 controverting1610 wrangling1612 contesting1616 rixation1623 contestion1632 controversarya1635 contest1642 vitilitigation1647 ergoteering1687 sparring1755 hash1789 controversying1865 argle-bargle1872 wringle-wrangle1882 argy-bargy1887 polemicizing1948 va-et-vient1959 1919 R. Fry Let. 3 Nov. (1972) II. 465 There is..a considerable va et vient of Paris artists. 1933 G. Arthur Septuagenarian's Scrap Bk. 18 For a large percentage of women life, day in day out, is a happy va-et-vient, sometimes rich in excellent results of practical value, sometimes only resolving itself into a flutter of delicious nothings. 1959 C. Spry Favourite Flowers iii. 28 Looking back over the quite gentle va-et-vient of this argument I know that really we are in agreement. 1966 Guardian 19 Mar. 7/4 All the well-intentioned wordy va-et-vient about Capote's book. 1978 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Feb. 8/3 In one university which has an art school, a history of art department, and a school of architecture and planning within five hundred yards of one another, the influence of one upon the other, or even the va et vient among the three, is virtually nonexistent. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 May 563/2 His whole teasing va-et-vient between the past and the present, at one moment restricting himself to ‘period’ viewpoint.., at the next speaking as from the 1970s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1919
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