sb. and a. [f. VIENN-A + -ESE.]
A. sb. a. A native or an inhabitant of Vienna; also in collective sense. b. The variety of German spoken in Vienna.
1815. Times, 2 Feb., 3/2. The Viennese have got rid of that unpolite, or at least troublesome curiosity, which collected them in crowds around the Sovereigns and Foreign Ministers.
1839. J. Paget, Hungary & Transylv., i. 2. The reader would certainly laugh, as I have often done since, did I tell him one half the foolish tales the good Viennese told us of the country we were about to visit.
1860. Chambers’s Encycl., I. 575/1. In order to prevent the Hungarians coming to the aid of the Viennese [in Oct. 1848].
1894. Parry, Stud. Gt. Composers, Beethoven, 166. His behaviour was not of the kind affected by polite Viennese.
B. adj. Of or belonging to Vienna; originating in Vienna.
1815. Morning Post, 19 Dec., 3/4. On these points the author has furnished much curious information, especially with regard to Viennese High Life, and the habits of the Nobility.
1839. J. Paget, Hungary & Transylv., i. 1. Viennese Reports of Hungary.
1888. Encycl. Brit., XXIV. 221/2. The Viennese school of painting is of modern origin.
1889. R. Wells, Pastrycook & Confect. Guide, 10. Viennese Rolls. Take 8 lbs. of Vienna Flour [etc.].
