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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1160, Roman d'Énéas (curiée)|origins=la corium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ky.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''curée''' ''f'' (plural curées)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''cuiriee'', ''curiée'', ''cuirie'' (to the late 16th century); ''curee'' from about 1375.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived with the suffix [[-ée]] from [[cuir]] “hide”, because the portion given to the hounds was spread on the skin of the slain animal;^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Académie 9)^(FEW|2, 1186b) the Livre du roi Modus describes the meat being cut up and mixed with bread on the hide, and the dogs let loose on it.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi) An alternative explanation, an alteration of Old French [[m|fro|corée|t=entrails]] (from the word for “heart”) under the influence of ''cuir'', is less likely;^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) Littré rejected it because the form “cuirée” is attested and ''corée'' is never found with this sense.^(Littré 1873) Wiktionary calls the origin disputed.^(Wiktionary) ''Cuir'' itself is from [[la|corium|t=hide]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Roman d'Énéas'' (about 1160) has ''curiée'' for the part of the slain beast left to the hounds.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In hunting it means both the hounds' portion and the moment it is given, as in ''sonner la curée''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) Corneille (1642) uses it of food in general.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ The figurative sense is a rush for spoils, places or money when someone falls from power: ''donner curée'' “to rouse with the lure of gain” (Martin du Bellay, about 1536–1582), ''se ruer à la curée''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1160 – ''Curiée'' (''Énéas'').^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1375 – ''Curee'' (''Modus et Ratio'').^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1536 – Figurative ''donner curée''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1638 – ''Être en curée'' (Richelieu).^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1642 – “Food” (Corneille).^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(hunting)'' The portion of the [[m|en|quarry]] given to the hounds; the moment it is given.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A scramble for [[m|en|spoils]], places or profit: ''se ruer à la curée''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A vicious collective attack on someone.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cuir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}