Fructidor

[ fryk-tee-dawr ]

/ frük tiˈdɔr /

noun

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

Origin of Fructidor

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

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Examples from the Web for fructidor

With many men the success of the eighteenth of Fructidor would have been glory enough for a single season.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Even his fellow-regicides, even the authors of the slaughter of Vendemiaire and of the arrests of Fructidor, were ashamed of him.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The day of the 18th Fructidor had, without any doubt, mainly contributed to the conclusion of peace at Campo Formio.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Even his fellow regicides, even the authors of the slaughter of Vendmiaire and of the arrests of Fructidor, were ashamed of him.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)|Thomas Babington Macaulay

No modern instance of wrong and oppression can approach this Fructidor of the sixties in the South.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington

British Dictionary definitions for fructidor

Fructidor

/ French (fryktidɔr) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Fructidor

C18: from Latin frūctus fruit + Greek dōron gift

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