hors concours

[ awrkawn-koor ]

adjectiveFrench.

noting an artist, architect, or the like, not competing or not qualified to compete for the prizes in an exhibit or competition.
noting or pertaining to a work or project submitted by such a person to an exhibit or competition.

Origin of hors concours

Literally, “out (of the) competition”

Words Nearby hors concours

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How to use hors concours in a sentence

H'm, I met a "hors concours" who knew, and I was quite prepared to witness a scene when I came in here.
Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter | August Strindberg
The sculptured groups would be received any day hors concours in the Salons for their technique only.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah | William G. Burn Murdoch
Lenbach had not only an eye and a hand, but likewise elbows and a tongue which placed him hors concours.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4) | Richard Muther
The Germans as unconscious humorists maintain their supremacy hors concours.
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War | Punch
The greater number were hors concours, for Alphonsine's was to the aged courtesan what Chelsea Hospital is to the aged soldier.
Memoirs of My Dead Life | George Moore

British Dictionary definitions for hors concours

hors concours

/ French (ɔr kɔ̃kur) /

adjective, adverb(postpositive)

(of an artist, exhibitor, etc) excluded from competing
without equal; unrivalled

Origin of hors concours

literally: out of the competition

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