Fructidor

[ fryk-tee-dawr ]

noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.

Fructidor

/ fryktidɔr /

noun

1. the month of fruit: the twelfth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Aug 19 to Sept 22

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fructidor¹

1785–95; < French < Latin frūcti- fructi- + Greek dôron gift

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fructidor¹

C18: from Latin frūctus fruit + Greek dōron gift

Example Sentences

No modern instance of wrong and oppression can approach this Fructidor of the sixties in the South.

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He distinguished himself in several campaigns and carried out the coup d'tat of 18th Fructidor.

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"That of the 14th of last Fructidor, which outlaws the insurgent departments and proclaims martial law," replied the Republican.

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Many accounts, more or less authentic, have been published of the events known to history as the "Fructidor Riots."

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Droulde and Juliette Marny were the last of the batch of prisoners who were tried on that memorable day of Fructidor.

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