Mérimée

[ mey-ree-mey ]

/ meɪ riˈmeɪ /

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noun

Pros·per

[praw-sper], /prɔˈspɛr/, 1803–70, French short-story writer, novelist, and essayist.

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Words nearby Mérimée

meridian circle, méridienne, meridional, meridional aberration, Merilee, Mérimée, Merín, Merina, mering, meringue, merino

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How to use Mérimée in a sentence

Merimee says of George Sand that he has known her "maigre comme un clou et noire comme une taupe."
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
There are fine things in Balzac and passages in Merimee which strike one like a keen blast of sea air.
Story of My Life|Helen Keller
She tells of her intimacy with Merimee, an intimacy which was of short duration and very unsatisfactory.
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings|Rene Doumic
It is as clear and precise as Merimee, and it has all the color and imagination that he lacks to make him a poet.
A Romance of Youth, Complete|Francois Coppee

Merimee had a certain fascination of manner, and the predatory instincts of George Sand were again aroused.
Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete|Lyndon Orr

British Dictionary definitions for Mérimée

Mérimée

/ (French merime) /

noun

Prosper (prɔspɛr). 1803–70, French novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer, noted particularly for his short novels Colomba (1840) and Carmen (1845), on which Bizet's opera was based

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