surtout
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French surtout.
Pronunciation
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Noun
surtout (plural surtouts)
- A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter VII, page 109
- Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 41:
- He was dressed in the suit he'd bought for his mother's funeral, beaver top hat, silk surtout.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter VII, page 109
- (fortifications) A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
surtout
Noun
surtout m (plural surtouts)
- surtout (overcoat)
Further reading
- “surtout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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