à outranceadv.

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s a toute outrance, 1800s– à toute outrance.

β. 1700s– à l'outrance (irregular).

γ. 1800s– à outrance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French à toute outrance; French à outrance.

Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French, French à toute outrance to the uttermost (16th cent.; now archaic) < à to + toute , feminine of tout all (see tout adv., n.⁴, and adj.) + outrance utterance n.² In γ. forms < French à outrance to the utmost, to the bitter end (late 14th cent. in Middle French in this sense in combatre à outrance ; 1220 in Old French in mener à outrance to defeat (an enemy), to put (an enemy) out of action) < à to + outrance utterance n.² The β. forms (sometimes criticized in usage guides) show insertion of the French feminine definite article la within English and are not paralleled in French. Compare earlier utterance n.² and outrance n. and the idioms cited at those entries.

See to (also unto) (the) outrance at outrance n..

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adverb] > of war: to the death

à outrance1600

at outrance1819

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > to the end or the death

to (also unto) (the) outrancec1425

à outrance1837

1600 Tate in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 8 The manner of fight is..by Capitulation, or a Toute Outrance.

1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. ix. 310 There was a famous quarrel, à l'outrance, about it.

1860 Once a Week 20 Oct. 476/2 Francis II. will be called upon to make his choice between casting in his lot with the defenders à l'outrance of Gaeta, or making his escape by sea.

1883 Standard 24 Oct. 5/2 Every duellist à outrance binds himself to commit suicide or murder.

1955 Times 19 May 10/2 Powerful Mau Mau ‘generals’..are in favour of continuing the struggle à outrance.

1959 Listener 8 Oct. 589/1 The destruction of her fragile world and the war à outrance to keep something of it intact.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	à outrance
释义	à outranceadv. Forms: α. 1600s–1700s a toute outrance, 1800s– à toute outrance. β. 1700s– à l'outrance (irregular). γ. 1800s– à outrance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French à toute outrance; French à outrance. Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French, French à toute outrance to the uttermost (16th cent.; now archaic) < à to + toute , feminine of tout all (see tout adv., n.⁴, and adj.) + outrance utterance n.² In γ. forms < French à outrance to the utmost, to the bitter end (late 14th cent. in Middle French in this sense in combatre à outrance ; 1220 in Old French in mener à outrance to defeat (an enemy), to put (an enemy) out of action) < à to + outrance utterance n.² The β. forms (sometimes criticized in usage guides) show insertion of the French feminine definite article la within English and are not paralleled in French. Compare earlier utterance n.² and outrance n. and the idioms cited at those entries. See to (also unto) (the) outrance at outrance n.. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adverb] > of war: to the death à outrance1600 at outrance1819 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > to the end or the death to (also unto) (the) outrancec1425 à outrance1837 1600 Tate in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 8 The manner of fight is..by Capitulation, or a Toute Outrance. 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. ix. 310 There was a famous quarrel, à l'outrance, about it. 1860 Once a Week 20 Oct. 476/2 Francis II. will be called upon to make his choice between casting in his lot with the defenders à l'outrance of Gaeta, or making his escape by sea. 1883 Standard 24 Oct. 5/2 Every duellist à outrance binds himself to commit suicide or murder. 1955 Times 19 May 10/2 Powerful Mau Mau ‘generals’..are in favour of continuing the struggle à outrance. 1959 Listener 8 Oct. 589/1 The destruction of her fragile world and the war à outrance to keep something of it intact. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1600
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