noblesse
pronunciation
How to pronounce noblesse in British English:
UK [nəʊ'bles]
How to pronounce noblesse in American English:
US [noʊ'bles]
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- Noun:
- the state of being of noble birth
- members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
Word Origin
- noblesse (n.)
- early 13c., "noble birth or condition," from Old French noblece "noble birth, splendor, magnificence" (Modern French noblesse), from Vulgar Latin *nobilitia, from Latin nobilis (see noble (adj.)). French phrase noblesse oblige "privilege entails responsibility" is attested in English first in 1837.
Example
- 1. Noblesses receive a noblesse tiara upon finishing their noblesse quest .
- 2. Fortune of noblesse : blesses the party with a fortune that reduces their chance of dropping items when dying to a raid boss .
- 3. Blessing of noblesse : allows target to retain buffs upon death . However , bless of noblesse and fortune status disappear . Uses 5 spirit ore.
- 4. Neither the politics of polarisation nor those of noblesse oblige will serve to protect the interests of the middle class in the post-industrial economy .
- 5. For this reason , heartless folk might assume that people in the lower social classes will be more self-interested and less inclined to consider the welfare of others than upper-class individuals , who can afford a certain noblesse oblige .