Definition of chantepleure in English:

chantepleure

noun ˌʃɒntˈpləːˌtʃɒntˈpləː

1A mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, especially as a literary image or device. rare after 16th cent.
2A type of medieval watering pot, in the form of a (long-necked) earthenware jug with holes in the bottom, formerly sometimes used as a badge or heraldic device indicative of sorrow. historical.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From Anglo-Norman chauntploure, chanteplur, Middle French chanteplure, Middle French, French chantepleure mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, any of various water vessels or conduits, e.g. a can for watering plants, a siphon from chanter to sing + pleurer to weep.

Definition of chantepleure in US English:

chantepleure

noun

1A mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, especially as a literary image or device. rare after 16th cent.
2A type of medieval watering pot, in the form of a (long-necked) earthenware jug with holes in the bottom, formerly sometimes used as a badge or heraldic device indicative of sorrow. historical.

词汇	chantepleure
释义	Definition of chantepleure in English: chantepleure noun ˌʃɒntˈpləːˌtʃɒntˈpləː 1A mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, especially as a literary image or device. rare after 16th cent. 2A type of medieval watering pot, in the form of a (long-necked) earthenware jug with holes in the bottom, formerly sometimes used as a badge or heraldic device indicative of sorrow. historical. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From Anglo-Norman chauntploure, chanteplur, Middle French chanteplure, Middle French, French chantepleure mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, any of various water vessels or conduits, e.g. a can for watering plants, a siphon from chanter to sing + pleurer to weep. Definition of chantepleure in US English: chantepleure noun 1A mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, especially as a literary image or device. rare after 16th cent. 2A type of medieval watering pot, in the form of a (long-necked) earthenware jug with holes in the bottom, formerly sometimes used as a badge or heraldic device indicative of sorrow. historical. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From Anglo-Norman chauntploure, chanteplur, Middle French chanteplure, Middle French, French chantepleure mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, any of various water vessels or conduits, e.g. a can for watering plants, a siphon from chanter to sing + pleurer to weep.
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