accouchement
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of accouchement
1800–10; < French, derivative, with -ment -ment, of accoucher to give birth, be delivered, assist in giving birth, Old French: to lie down, take to bed, equivalent to ac- ac- + coucher to put to bed; see couch
Example Sentences
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In 1910 he was in Paris assisting, with Picasso and Braque, at the accouchement of cubism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long before Nicholas Jacques Charrier entered Paris, the French press, excited beyond endurance�and reason�turned his mother's accouchement into the biggest story since the ascendancy of Charles de Gaulle.
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At her first accouchement she took the precaution of registering at the hospital under a false name, thereby assuring detailed reports of the event in the newspapers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an immensely exciting political accouchement last week India was preparing for Provincial elections in which the number of voters will be enlarged beyond all comparison with Indian polls hitherto.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tidings of your happy accouchement were brought to me yesterday by M. de Villeneuve.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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