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#99619
03/29/2003 2:21 AM
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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.
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#99620
03/29/2003 3:45 AM
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? 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.
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#99621
03/29/2003 3:56 AM
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My Larousse's paperpack dictionary defines it as follows:
tournure f. turn, direction, course; turning, shape, form, figure
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#99622
03/29/2003 5:10 AM
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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.).
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#99623
03/29/2003 8:33 AM
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Here's a paste from Luciferous Logolepsy:
tournure
n. - grace; poise; expressive phrase.
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03/29/2003 10:55 AM
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(Graceful) manner or bearing; cultivated address.
?comportment
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