Lenclos

American  

[lahn-kloh] / lɑ̃ˈkloʊ /

noun

1. Anne Ninon de Lenclos, 1620–1705?, French courtesan and wit.

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Example Sentences

But, like Ninon de Lenclos and Diane de Poictiers and other of the world's true super-women, age had no power to mar her.

From Project Gutenberg

He also calls attention to the type of woman represented by Ter Borch, Van Mieris, and Metsu, all of whom have high foreheads on which a few little curls wander, like those made fashionable at this period by Ninon de Lenclos, and known as "boucles à la Ninon."

From Project Gutenberg

The nearest approach in modern times to such trysting-places, where beauty, wit and talent found a congenial atmosphere, were the celebrated salons of Ninon de Lenclos, Mlle. de l'Espinasse and Mme. du Deffand.

From Project Gutenberg

Marmontel, who had such a high opinion of her judgment that he submitted his works for her criticism, as Molière had submitted his to Ninon de Lenclos, describes her as "the keenest intelligence, the most ardent soul, the most inflammable imagination that has existed since Sappho."

From Project Gutenberg

It was certainly true of many of them—even of some of the most distinguished—such, for instance, as Mme. d'Epinay, Mme. du Deffand, Ninon de Lenclos and Mme.

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