empressement

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/ɑ̃ˈpɹɛs.mɒ̃//ɒmˈpɹɛs.mənt/

noun

Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm.

OriginFrench empressement →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounempressement (countable and uncountable, plural empressements)

plural empressements

  1. archaiccountableuncountableAnimated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm.First known use 18th c.

    He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement.

    1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug
    1 more example

    So Macmaster saw – almost physically – Sir Reginald Ingleby perceiving the empressement with which his valued subordinate was treated in the drawing-rooms of Mrs. Leamington, Mrs. Cressy, the Hon. Mrs. de Limoux […]

    1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 13

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cordiality

Origin

  1. Frenchempressement
  2. Englishempressement

From French empressement.

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APA

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Chicago

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