Etymology

bonheur du jour

bon·heur du jour

Today it means: An 18th- and 19th-century lady's portable writing desk with a raised back. Full definition →

French bonheur-du-jour
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombonheur-du-jour
  2. English todaybonheur du jour

Borrowed from French bonheur-du-jour (literally “daytime delight”), conjectured to be from its sudden rise in popularity.

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