feuilleton
[foi-i-tn; French fœyuh-tawn]
- a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
- an item printed in the feuilleton.
Origin of feuilleton
1835–45; < French, equivalent to feuillet little leaf (feuille (< Latin folium leaf) + -et -et) + -on noun suffix
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It was no longer the elegant Dr. Herzl of Vienna, it was no longer the easy-going literary man, the critic, the feuilletonist.
The Jewish StateTheodor Herzl
feuilleton
- the part of a European newspaper carrying reviews, serialized fiction, etc
- such a review or article
Word Origin
C19: from French, from feuillet sheet of paper, diminutive of feuille leaf, from Latin folium
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Word Origin and History for feuilletonist
feuilleton
n.
part of a French newspaper devoted to light literature and criticism (usually at the bottom of a page and separated by a rule), 1845, from French feuilleton (18c.), literally "a leaflet (added to a newspaper)," diminutive of feuille "leaf," from Latin folium (see folio).
Esp. applied in F. to the short story or serial with which newspapers filled up after the fall of Napoleon left them short of war news. This was the beginning of Dumas' and Eugène Sue's long novels. [Weekley]
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