empressement

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Pronunciation

/ɑ̃ˈpɹɛs.mɒ̃/

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/ɑ̃ˈpɹɛs.mɒ̃/ · /ɒmˈpɹɛs.mənt/

Definition of empressement

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noun

(archaic, countable, uncountable)Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm.

“He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement.”
“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 […]”

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From French empressement.

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