prudhommieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹuːdɒmi/, /pɹuːdəˈmiː/

名詞

prudhommie ‎(uncountable)

1. (まれに, now historical) Character typical of a prudhomme; trustworthiness, loyalty. [from 15th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.12:

     Shall I say thus much by the way? That I see a certaine image of bookish or scholastical preud'hommie onely, which is in a maner in use amongst us, held and reputed in greater esteeme than it deserveth, and which is but a servant unto precepts, brought under by hope, and constrained by fear?