chef-d'oeuvre
Americannoun
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chefs-d'oeuvre
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chef-d'oeuvre
Borrowed into English from French around 1610–20
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Thirty-five years after "Die Hard" hit theaters, the Bruce Willis vehicle maintains its rep as a chef-d'oeuvre due to its perennial relevance.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023
Frears’ chef-d’oeuvre has everything: accessibly rooted in a true story, it has a powerful but controlled display of emotions, is tempered with poignancy and wit, and has great performances from stars and supporting cast.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance is presenting Mac's chef-d'oeuvre, "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," in a four-show series at the Theatre at Ace Hotel beginning Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Jesse Berger directs this in-the-round presentation of Genet’s identity-bending chef-d’oeuvre.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
The Sleep of Antiope, chef-d'oeuvre of Correggio in the Louvre.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
"Oh, you're going to be so impressed with me," he coos as he peers at another of his chefs-d'oeuvre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tonight we are to have the opera of 'Iphigenia'—it is one of my magnificent teacher's chefs-d'oeuvre.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
It would be endless to describe the various chefs-d'oeuvre which are contained in this valuable collection.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
The travelers could distinguish clearly cones, central hills, remarkable positions of the soil, naturally placed to receive the chefs-d'oeuvre of Selenite architecture.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
There were flushing faces and eyes that sparkled like the wine, and of it, many fragrances commingled, of flowers, chefs' chefs-d'oeuvre, of Pinaud and Roget.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
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