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argental

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[ahr-jen-tl] / ɑrˈdʒɛn tl /

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling silver.


Etymology

Origin of argental

First recorded in 1810–20; argent- + -al 1

Example Sentences

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There is a cheese my friend Georgia brings to my house sometimes called Brebirousse d’argental.

From The Guardian

The author would have again tasted the discomforts of that abode if he had not had timely warning from his friend D’Argental, and taken refuge in Lorraine, and afterwards on the Rhine, while his book was torn to pieces and burned in Paris by the public executioner, as offensive to religion, good morals, and respect for authority.

From Project Gutenberg

“I have a mortal aversion to prison,” he wrote to D’Argental.

From Project Gutenberg

In a letter in verse which she addressed, many years later, to her faithful friend d'Argental, she declares that a divinity "furious and jealous" seated herself near her cradle and controlled her destiny from her earliest years.

From Project Gutenberg

An admirer whom Adrienne had infinitely more difficulty in persuading to be content with friendship than La Chalotais was Voltaire's faithful ally, d'Argental.

From Project Gutenberg