merveilleuse

See also: Merveilleuse and mèrveilleuse

English

Alternative forms

• Merveilleuse

Etymology

From French merveilleuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɹ.veɪˈjəz/, /-ˈjuz/

Noun

merveilleuse (plural merveilleuses)

1. (historical) A female merveilleux.
   • 1892 October 19, The Daily News, page 5/1:

     The ‘merveilleuse’ of the Directory in France. The ‘merveilleuse’, or ‘ultra-fashionable’, as the writer..rather inadequately translates her title, ‘walked..half naked in the Champs Elysees’.

   • 1898, Octave Uzanne, chapter I, in Mary Loyd, transl., Fashion in Paris: The Various Phases of Feminine Taste and Æsthetics from 1797 to 1897, page 19:

     The Merveilleuses survived the Incroyables by a couple of years.

Translations

Frenchwoman during the Directory who affected ancient Greek classical costume

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.vɛ.jøz/ ~ /mɛʁ.ve.jøz/

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Adjective

merveilleuse

1. feminine singular of merveilleux