hors concours

[ awrkawn-koor ]

/ ɔr kɔ̃ˈkur /

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adjective French.

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.

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Origin of hors concours

Literally, “out (of the) competition”

Words nearby hors concours

horrors, horror show, horror story, horror-struck, Horsa, hors concours, hors de combat, hors d'oeuvre, horse, horse-and-buggy, horse around

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How to use hors concours in a sentence

A little on the expensive side, it has a happy hour with half price drinks and hors d'oeuvres, Tuesday through Friday.
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When enemies jointly struggle with tiny plates of hors d'oeuvres, they are less likely to see each other as enemies.
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In some ways, Eldad's kids running around in lion costumes is akin to serving communion wafers as hors d'oeuvrers.
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Great as an hors d'oeuvre with a glass of wine, or for supper with a big arugula salad.
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There is reason to believe they lost about twelve men killed, thirty-five wounded, and thirty-two horses hors de combat.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell
I wouldn't have troubled you to send for me, only the tandem's hors de combat.
Frank Fairlegh|Frank E. Smedley
He that's mann'd wi' boys and hors'd wi' colts will hae his meat eaten and his wark ill done.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
In the hors d'uvres and cold meat section, you had your choice of the cheapest and the most expensive variety of tempting morsels.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
Two thousand six hundred men are hors de combat; and the chivalrous Potty is himself seriously hurt.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Word Origin for hors concours

literally: out of the competition

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