succès d'estime

[ syk-se des-teem ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, French.

succès d'estime

/ syksɛ dɛstim /

success, as of a book, play, etc, based on the appreciation of the critics rather than popular acclaim

literally: success of esteem

His stage pieces in glorification of the Restoration only achieved a succès d'estime.

At first it was merely a succès d'estime, but soon became immensely popular.

The work was received with immense enthusiasm throughout the tour, excepting at Leipzig, where it achieved only a succès d'estime.

Many of his operas achieved only succès d'estime, though not one of them is without beauty of a high order.

But a succès d'estime fills no purses, and favorable reviews in the literary periodicals are not "negotiable paper."

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