prestige
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[edit] English
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- præstige (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From French prestige (“‘illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige’”) < Latin praestigium (“‘a delusion, an illusion’”) < praestinguere (“‘to obscure, extinguish’”) < prae (“‘before’”) + stinguere (“‘to extinguish’”); or < praestringere < prae + stringere.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /prɛstiʒ/
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[edit] Noun
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prestige (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
- William Warburton:
- The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
- William Warburton:
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded
- Oxford has a university of very high prestige.
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[edit] External links
- prestige in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- prestige in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- prestige at OneLook® Dictionary Search