Merveilleuse

merveilleuse mèrveilleuse English Etymology en :bor fr:Merveilleuse + 1 Pronunciation en /mɜːveɪˈjɜːz/ Noun en historical A fashionable young Frenchwoman of the late 18th-century, characterized by extravagant dress sense and anti-revolutionary ideas. en 2002 Colin Jones (historian) Colin Jones The Great Nation 542 Penguin 2003 There were the mad fashions sported by the extraordinarily (by turns over- and under-) dressed Incroyables and Merveilleuses, the guzzling of champagne, and the ingestion of bountiful meals in smart restaurants (a recent invention). 2007, Helen Constantine, translating Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons (1782), Penguin 2007, p. 111: You are the reason I arrived indecently late at Madame de Volanges's and had all the old ladies thinking I was a Merveilleuse. en 2006 w:Andrew Hussey Paris: The Secret History 270 Penguin 2007 The female equivalents were called Merveilleuses and adopted Greek dress and espoused a neo-classical nostalgia. French Etymology Noun use of feminine form of merveilleux ‘marvellous’. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Merveilleuse.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Noun f en Merveilleuse