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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tournure #99619 03/29/2003 2:21 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From an essay by Emerson on manners: "The chiefs of savage tribes have distinguished themselves in London and Paris, by the purity of their tournure. " It is obviously of French origin, but the onlline French dictionaries did not have it. My dictionary and AHD did not have it. But ARTFL Webster 1913 gave : ournure (Page: 1522) Tour*nure" (?), n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.] 1. Turn; contour; figure. 2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle. But "figure" doesn't seem "le mot juste". "bearing" seems closer, but I'm not satisfied with it. Let's hear some suggestions, please. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tournure #99620 03/29/2003 3:45 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 ? mien, stature ?? conduct, [aside] Never heard of this word before, wwh. Is it now absorbed into english? Reminds me of tourniquet which probably shares the root word with tournure. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tournure #99621 03/29/2003 3:56 AM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA My Larousse's paperpack dictionary defines it as follows: tournure f. turn, direction, course; turning, shape, form, figure Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tournure #99622 03/29/2003 5:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 1. (Graceful) manner or bearing; cultivated address. 2. The turning of language or of a phrase; mode of expression. rare. 3. Contour, outline, shape (of a limb, etc.). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tournure #99623 03/29/2003 8:33 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Here's a paste from Luciferous Logolepsy: tournure n. - grace; poise; expressive phrase. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tournure #99624 03/29/2003 10:55 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 (Graceful) manner or bearing; cultivated address. ?comportment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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