Musset

American  

[my-say] / müˈseɪ /

noun

1. (Louis Charles) Alfred de 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.

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Musset British  

/ mysɛ /

noun

1. Alfred de (alfrɛd də). 1810–57, French romantic poet and dramatist: his works include the play Lorenzaccio (1834) and the lyrics Les Nuits (1835–37), tracing his love affair with George Sand

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Musset

She has woven her own hair into a dried rose; the catalogue states that inspiration came from Sand’s rupture with Alfred de Musset, one of her infamous lovers, when they exchanged twists of curls.

From Economist ● Jul. 26, 2018

Alfred de Musset, in a sonnet dedicated to Victor Hugo, wrote that in this “low world” you should love many things, in order to know at the end the thing you love best.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2015

Or “Georgia Sand,” a typical exercise in rhymed name-dropping — about the romance between George Sand and Alfred de Musset, no less — that almost feels like a Porter parody?

From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2012

Doherty, 31, is set to start shooting the movie about 19th century French poet Alfred de Musset on December 27 opposite French actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of the late celebrity singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2010

Some two centuries later, George Sand, who had read of the incident, tried the same trick to win back Alfred de Musset.

From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune

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