Jim Hill wrote:
>
> So is it "concourse" or "concours"?
> >From the on-line Merriam-Webster's Collegiate=AE Dictionary
> (http://www.eb.com:180/):=20
> concours d'elegance n [F concours d'elegance, lit., competition of =
> elegance]
> (1950): a show or contest of vehicles and accessories in which the =
> entries
> are judged chiefly on excellence of appearance and turnout=20
> concourse n [ME, fr. MF & L; MF concours, fr. L concursus, fr. =
> concurrere to
> run together] (14c) 1: an act or process of coming together and merging =
> 2: a
> meeting produced by voluntary or spontaneous coming together 3 a: an =
> open
> space where roads or paths meet b: an open space or hall (as in a =
> railroad
> terminal) where crowds gather=20
> And if you said "concours", then why can't I find that word alone, or =
> in
> several other dictionaries at all? (American Heritage, for one)
It's concours, as in your first definition, generally shortened
from the French phrase.
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Martin Secrest
72 TR6
73 GT6
Concours d'elicatessan
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