couché
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of couché
1720–30; < French, past participle of coucher to lay down. See couch
Example Sentences
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Sotheby's handled 2018's most expensive painting, Amedeo Modigliani's Nu couché, which sold for $157.2m.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2019
After a successful $833m sale of items from David Rockefeller’s estate last week, Nu couché was widely predicted to be a singular star of the New York spring auction season.
From The Guardian • May 14, 2018
In May, anti-smoking legislation came into effect that made all cigarette packs in the UK a single colour: Pantone 448 C, or opaque couché.
From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2016
Mam'selle Alide, voici de l'eau de la fontaine," said the valet; "mais Monsieur votre oncle s'esi couché, et il a mis la cléf de la cave an vin dessous son oreiller.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore
Saturday, the 27th.—Arose from our comfortless couché at half-past four.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John
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