prestige
noun
widespread
respect
and
admiration
felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their
achievement
s or
quality
: 達成や質の理解に基づいた人や物に感じる広く行き渡っている尊敬と称賛
名声, 威信, 評判(
status
); 〖形容詞的に〗名声, 名誉のある; 高級な
e.g.
he experienced a tremendous increase in prestige following his victory.: 彼は勝利に続く名声の凄まじい増加を経験した。
as modifier
denoting something that arouses
respect
or
admiration
: 尊敬や称賛を引き起こす物を指す
e.g.
prestige wines.: 有名なワイン
ORIGIN
mid
17th century
(in the sense ‘
illusion
,
conjuring
trick
’): from
French
, literally ‘
illusion
,
glamor
’, from late
Latin
praestigium
‘
illusion
’, from
Latin
praestigiae
(plural) ‘
conjuring
trick
s’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘
dazzling
influence
,
glamor
’, at first depreciatory.