How would I use the word doyen in the following sentence:
I am a doyen of fashion.
or
I am a doyenne of fashion.
?
2007-02-17 13:55:18 · 4 answers · asked by DUDE 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
That would make you the senior member of a group so using the word in that way I think would be correct. Not the doyenne of fashion though.
http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Doyen
Definition of Doyen
Doy`en´ Pronunciation: dwä`yäN´
n. 1. Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians.
2007-02-17 15:13:52 · answer #1 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A doyen / doyenne of society is the only context I have heard of.
2007-02-17 23:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the second spelling is correct, however, the usage is incorrect. You could be a fashion doyenne, but not a doyenne of fashion.. is not idiomatically correct. Would be like saying I am a model of fashion as opposed to being a fashion model.. two different things.
2007-02-17 14:06:05 · answer #3 · answered by dedeshry1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the way that's the word of the day at. Take a look there.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
2007-02-17 14:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anthony 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋