Louis Quatorze

[ kuh-tawrz; French ka-tawrz ]

/ kəˈtɔrz; French kaˈtɔrz /

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adjective

noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.

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Origin of Louis Quatorze

1850–55; <French: Louis XIV

Words nearby Louis Quatorze

Louis IX, Louis, Joe, Louis Napoleon, Louis of Nassau, Louis Philippe, Louis Quatorze, Louis Quinze, Louis Seize, Louis Treize, Louis V, Louis VI

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How to use Louis Quatorze in a sentence

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In St. Louis, I believe, for a change of clothes and to go to a nightclub.
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And so it is with the St. Louis Rams and the St. Louis Police Officers Association.
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Louis stood firm, though pale and respectful, before the resentful gaze of Elizabeth.
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The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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Without any known cause of offence, a tacit acknowledgement of mutual dislike was shewn by Louis and de Patinos.
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But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.
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British Dictionary definitions for Louis Quatorze

Louis Quatorze

/ (kəˈtɔːz) /

adjective

of or relating to the baroque style of furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XIV of France and characterized by massive forms and heavy ornamentation

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