langue d'oc
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of langue d'oc
1700–10; < French: language of oc, yes < Latin hōc ( ille fēcit ) this (he did); cf. Occitan
Example Sentences
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The Provençal writers take their peculiar langue d’oc too seriously to regard it as a dialect.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
The society was founded in the fourteenth century, and it has held annual meetings ever since—meetings at which poems in the fine old langue d'oc are declaimed and a blushing laureate is chosen.
From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph
The langue d'oc had much resemblance to the Latin, and was beautifully soft and adapted to poetry; and when the nobles adopted chivalry, they ornamented it with all the graces of their superior education.
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Two languages, the langue d'oc and the langue d'oïl, gave birth to two separate species of poetry.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
French was called langue d'oïl, and the southern language langue d'oc, each after the word used for "yes."
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
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