dernier cri en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French dernier cri.
Meanings
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The latest sensation; the last word, the newest or ultimate expression or example (of something).
I once named it Lamb Dressed as Mutton, but now I think I prefer Wifely Chic - whatever, it's the dernier cri in unthreatening, cheerful, prim and demure.
2006 December 31, Polly Vernon, “Jigsaw girl is no fashion icon”, in The Observer:Here and there were certain unmistakable derniers cris, some of them undoubtedly destined - had the world pursued its expected course - to become the rage of tomorrow; others, I would say, a dead loss from their very inception.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| derniers cris | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
pl dernier cri (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · fr dernier cri (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · nn siste skrik (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · fi viimeinen huuto (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · nb siste skrik (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · ru последний писк (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · de letzter Schrei (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · da sidste skrig (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example) · ro ultimul răcnet (latest sensation; last word, newest or ultimate expression or example)