homage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin hominaticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homo (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
homage (plural homages)
- (historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
- We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.
- We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee,
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
- A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
- Alexander Pope
- I sought no homage from the race that write.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
- When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.
- 2006, New York Times
- It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
- Alexander Pope
- An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /oʊˈmɒːʒ/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
- 2002, Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
- He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.
- 2002, Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
Usage notes[edit]
- Often used in the construction pay homage to.
- Because of the different pronunciations, homage is sometimes preceded by the article a and sometimes by an.[1]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to his or her lord
demonstration of respect
artistic work imitating another in a flattering style
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Verb[edit]
homage (third-person singular simple present homages, present participle homaging, simple past and past participle homaged)
- (obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
- (obsolete) To cause to pay homage.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowley to this entry?)
External links[edit]
- homage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- homage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Homage (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Homage (disambiguation)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'Homage'", Ben Zimmer, "On Language", The New York Times, November 5, 2010
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
homage m (oblique plural homages, nominative singular homages, nominative plural homage)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English historical terms
- English verbs
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- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
