Post by t-bob on Jan 5, 2019 10:28:44 GMT -5
Douceur
noun
1. a conciliatory gift or bribe.
2. a gratuity; tip.
3. Archaic. sweetness or agreeableness.
Quotes
And this in spite of the douceur he received at the opening of the campaign. -- D. A. Bingham, A Selection of Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon, Volume II, 1884 Prescott and the other keeper have also received a silver medal and a douceur from the society. -- Frank Buckland, "The Hippopotamus and Her Baby," Popular Science, May 1873
Origin
The French noun douceur “sweetness, a sweet taste,” comes from Late Latin dulcor (stem dulcōr-) with the same meaning. The French noun also means “pleasure, kindness, gift, reward,” and finally “bribe,” much like English sweetener. Douceur entered English in the 14th century.
noun
1. a conciliatory gift or bribe.
2. a gratuity; tip.
3. Archaic. sweetness or agreeableness.
Quotes
And this in spite of the douceur he received at the opening of the campaign. -- D. A. Bingham, A Selection of Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon, Volume II, 1884 Prescott and the other keeper have also received a silver medal and a douceur from the society. -- Frank Buckland, "The Hippopotamus and Her Baby," Popular Science, May 1873
Origin
The French noun douceur “sweetness, a sweet taste,” comes from Late Latin dulcor (stem dulcōr-) with the same meaning. The French noun also means “pleasure, kindness, gift, reward,” and finally “bribe,” much like English sweetener. Douceur entered English in the 14th century.