Leconte de Lisle

American  

[luh-kawnt duh leel] / lə kɔ̃t də ˈlil /

noun

1. Charles Marie 1818–94, French poet.

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Leconte de Lisle British  

/ ləkɔ̃t də lil /

noun

1. Charles Marie René (ʃarl mari rəne). 1818–94, French Parnassian poet

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Leconte de Lisle

Duparc chose his poets with care; here, Baudelaire, Leconte de Lisle, and Jean Lahor.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012

So the reader of Leconte de Lisle may be excused if he resents the sudden apparition of such strange words as "bobres," "bigaylles," and "pennbaz" in the text of this charming poet.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

At first I thought him cold, infected with the rhetorical ice of the Leconte de Lisle.

From Confessions of a Young Man by Moore, George (George Augustus)

The author of "Poèmes Antiques," Leconte de Lisle, was another to whom the youthful aspirant was on his knees.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie

We are informed that he has completed studies on Huysmans and Leconte de Lisle; he is also engaged on a "Historia Amoris."

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl