Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word aloi.

Examples

  • Mes priorités ont monopolisé chaque minute de mon temps, et j'ai trouvé que les mêmes promesses revenaient comme un refrain de mauvais aloi ponctuer les discours des démocrates et républicains — des promesses qui impressionnent mais qui ont en général une vie assez courte une fois le nouveau président investi dans ses fonctions.

    A Haitian Blogger on the Next American President 2008

  • Dans la vie de tous les jours, n'acceptons-nous pas indifféremment, sans vérification d'aucune sorte, des on-dit, des renseignements anonymes et sans garantie, toutes sortes de "documents" de médiocre ou de mauvais aloi ?

    languagehat.com: ON BELIEVING WHAT WE'RE TOLD. 2004

  • As she dialed the number, she whispered "Lake Ontario" aloi thinking about the water behind the buildings in the photogral

    Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991

  • Cologne, Dusseldorf, Bonn, Elberfeld, and the entire neighborhood agree with Aix-la-Chapelle that your wife made the festivity of the Musical Festival; and although success cannot as a rule be considered as a criterion of artistic worth, yet if it be attested so truly and de bon aloi as in this case, and follow that artistic worth, it has something refreshing and strengthening in which we, in trio, can fully rejoice.

    Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

  • Even his handling of the supernatural, which was undoubtedly a strong point of his, was not wholly _de ban aloi_.

    The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889

  • […] by the success of my "Awk One-Liners Explained" article (30,000 views in first three days), I decided to explain the famous sed one-liners […] aloi. org » Famous Awk One-Liners Explained, Part I - good coders code, great

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.