violon d'Ingresn.

/ˌviːə(ʊ)lɒn ˈdaŋɡrə/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘Ingres' violin’; compare Ingres n.

An occasional pastime, an activity other than that for which one is well-known or at which one excels.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment

mirtha1250

solacec1290

recreationc1400

esbatement1477

pastime1490

pastancea1500

passe-temps1542

entertainment1561

relief?1578

fancy1590

sport1598

abridgement1600

entertain1601

recreative1615

amusatory1618

nutsa1625

diverter1628

recreator1629

passatempo1632

amuser1724

fun1726

dissipation1733

resource1752

distraction1859

enlivening1859

good, clean fun1867

enlivenment1883

light relief1885

laugh1921

not one's scene1962

violon d'Ingres1963

1964 Robert Dict. Langue Française VI. 1004/1 Violon d'Ingres, le fait, pour un artiste, de pratiquer un art qui n'est pas le sien (le peintre Ingres aurait excellé au violon).

1931 Larousse du XXe Siècle IV. 68/1 Violon d'Ingres. Une légende, assez suspecte, prétend que le peintre Ingres était plus fier de son jeu sur le violon, jeu qui était fort ordinaire, que de sa peinture, qui l'avait rendu illustre.]

1963 E. Hyams New Statesmanship 255 President Eisenhower's violon d'Ingres being golf, it fell to..John Foster Dulles to follow N. S. Kruschev into the pages of the New Statesman.

1968 J. M. White Nightclimber v. 31 Fame, if we achieve it, is thrust upon us for a minor attribute that we rather despise. For example..Ingres..preferred to play his violin—badly—to visitors..instead of showing them his pictures. Night-climbing was my violon d'Ingres.

1973 Listener 13 Sept. 345/2 I suspect that music was no more than Rousseau's violon d'Ingres..and that the composition of The Village Soothsayer was a happy fluke.

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

单词	violon dingres
释义	violon d'Ingresn. /ˌviːə(ʊ)lɒn ˈdaŋɡrə/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘Ingres' violin’; compare Ingres n. An occasional pastime, an activity other than that for which one is well-known or at which one excels. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment mirtha1250 solacec1290 recreationc1400 esbatement1477 pastime1490 pastancea1500 passe-temps1542 entertainment1561 relief?1578 fancy1590 sport1598 abridgement1600 entertain1601 recreative1615 amusatory1618 nutsa1625 diverter1628 recreator1629 passatempo1632 amuser1724 fun1726 dissipation1733 resource1752 distraction1859 enlivening1859 good, clean fun1867 enlivenment1883 light relief1885 laugh1921 not one's scene1962 violon d'Ingres1963 1964 Robert Dict. Langue Française VI. 1004/1 Violon d'Ingres, le fait, pour un artiste, de pratiquer un art qui n'est pas le sien (le peintre Ingres aurait excellé au violon). 1931 Larousse du XXe Siècle IV. 68/1 Violon d'Ingres. Une légende, assez suspecte, prétend que le peintre Ingres était plus fier de son jeu sur le violon, jeu qui était fort ordinaire, que de sa peinture, qui l'avait rendu illustre.] 1963 E. Hyams New Statesmanship 255 President Eisenhower's violon d'Ingres being golf, it fell to..John Foster Dulles to follow N. S. Kruschev into the pages of the New Statesman. 1968 J. M. White Nightclimber v. 31 Fame, if we achieve it, is thrust upon us for a minor attribute that we rather despise. For example..Ingres..preferred to play his violin—badly—to visitors..instead of showing them his pictures. Night-climbing was my violon d'Ingres. 1973 Listener 13 Sept. 345/2 I suspect that music was no more than Rousseau's violon d'Ingres..and that the composition of The Village Soothsayer was a happy fluke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1963
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