Salon des Refusés Syllabification: (Sa·lon des Re·fu·sés)Pronunciation: /saˈlôN dā rəfYˈzā/Definition of Salon des Refusés an exhibition in Paris ordered by Napoleon III in 1863 to display pictures rejected by the Salon. The artists represented included Manet, Cézanne, Pissarro, and Whistler. Origin:French, literally 'exhibition of the rejected (works)'Salon des Refusés in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Salon des Refusés in the British & World English dictionary