vers de sociétén.

/ˌvɛː də səʊsjəˈteɪ/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘verse of society’.

Verse that treats of topics provided by polite society in a light, often witty style.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [noun] > light witty verse

vers de société1796

1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 149 This species of poetry can only exist in an age where refinement is introduced into literature, as well as into everything else. We must, therefore, look for it..among a people the most refined among it's [sic] neighbours... It has been significantly called ‘Vers de Societé.’

1817 G. Crabbe Jrnl. 11 July in Poet Wks. (1834) I. ix. 248 His poetry [is] far beyond that implied in the character of Vers de Société.

1867 F. Locker Lyra Elegantiarum 9 Smoothly written vers de société, where a boudoir decorum is, or ought always to be, preserved; where sentiment never surges into passion, and where humour never overflows into boisterous merriment.

1934 T. S. Eliot Elizabethan Ess. 35 I am used to..being informed that something which I meant seriously is vers de société.

1976 Times 26 Jan. 7/5 Quirky vers de société..by Ogden Nash.

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

单词	vers de société
释义	vers de sociétén. /ˌvɛː də səʊsjəˈteɪ/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘verse of society’. Verse that treats of topics provided by polite society in a light, often witty style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [noun] > light witty verse vers de société1796 1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 149 This species of poetry can only exist in an age where refinement is introduced into literature, as well as into everything else. We must, therefore, look for it..among a people the most refined among it's [sic] neighbours... It has been significantly called ‘Vers de Societé.’ 1817 G. Crabbe Jrnl. 11 July in Poet Wks. (1834) I. ix. 248 His poetry [is] far beyond that implied in the character of Vers de Société. 1867 F. Locker Lyra Elegantiarum 9 Smoothly written vers de société, where a boudoir decorum is, or ought always to be, preserved; where sentiment never surges into passion, and where humour never overflows into boisterous merriment. 1934 T. S. Eliot Elizabethan Ess. 35 I am used to..being informed that something which I meant seriously is vers de société. 1976 Times 26 Jan. 7/5 Quirky vers de société..by Ogden Nash. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1796
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