honi soit qui mal y pense
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English
Alternative forms
- honni soit qui mal y pense (modern French spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French honi soit qui mal y pense (literally “shamed be whoever thinks bad of it” or “shame be to him who thinks evil of it”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒni ˌswɑː kiː ˌmal iː ˈpɒ̃s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɔni ˌswɑ ki ˌmɑl i ˈpɑ̃s/, /ˌoʊni -/
- Rhymes: -ɒns
Phrase
honi soit qui mal y pense
- The motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter, still used in the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
- Synonyms: evil be to him who evil thinks, evil to him that evil thinks, shame be to him who thinks evil of it, shame to him who thinks ill of it
- 1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “ Introduction to the Pains of Opium.”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: for Taylor and Hessey, , published 1823, →OCLC, page 119:
- I am at this period, viz. in 1812, living in a cottage; and with a single female servant (honi soit qui mal y pense), who, amongst my neighbours, passes by the name of my "housekeeper."
Translations
honi soit qui mal y pense
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Further reading
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