Definition of Tout ensemble

1. Noun. An assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole.

Exact synonyms: Ensemble
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection

2. Adverb. With everything considered (and neglecting details). "All in all, it's not so bad"

3. Noun. A total impression or effect of something made up of individual parts.
Generic synonyms: Effect, Impression

Definition of Tout ensemble

1. Noun. The overall appearance or impression. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tout Ensemble

tousier
tousiest
tousing
tousings
tousle
tousled
tousles
tousling
toustie
toustier
toustiest
tousy
tout
tout court
tout de suite
tout ensemble (current term)
tout le monde
touted
touters
toutie
toutier
toutiest
touting
touts
touze
touzed
touzes
touzier
touziest

Literary usage of Tout ensemble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1897)
"A Brilliant tout ensemble. — A Mortifying Necessity. — " Vivat Rex in Sternum ! " — The Merciless Rain. — Poems and Chansons. ..."

2. Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics by Eugene Beauharnais Nash (1913)
"... then there is only one way, viz., to hunt for the remedy that, in its patho- genesis, contains what is called the "tout ensemble" of the case. ..."

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