Recamier

¹

[ rey-kuh-myey ]

noun

1. a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

Récamier

²

[ rey-ka-myey ]

noun

1. Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Recamier¹

1920–25; after Madame Récamier ( def )

Example Sentences

The Prince of Prussia would have married her, if he could have effected her divorce from M. Recamier.

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These thoughts were suggested by a large engraving representing Madame Recamier in her boudoir.

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He used to stroke his tail when he desired Madame Recamier to know that he was tired.

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The groom was Jacques Recamier—by profession a powerful banker, by choice a middle-class Lothario.

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Recamier had been an intimate friend of the Bernards, forever at their house, since a year or so before Jeanne had been born.

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