Messidor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Messidor
C19: from French, from Latin messis harvest + Greek dōron gift
Example Sentences
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One beautiful evening in Messidor, on board his vessel, as it glided along between the twofold azure of the sky and sea, certain mathematicians declared there was no God, only animated matter.
From The Companions of Jehu by Dumas père, Alexandre
In Messidor last they took all my last years' oats, at fourteen francs in assignats, and, in Thermidor, they are going to take all this year's oats, at eleven francs in assignats.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John
The company ask pardon for the blots. 21st Messidor.
From Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete by Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de
Messidor brought its quota of wild roses in the hedgerows, just as archaic June had done.
From I Will Repay by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
The first date proposed for the solemnity was the 26th Messidor, Year XII.
From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Perry, Thomas Sergeant
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