Rimbaud

[ ram-boh; French ran-boh ]

/ ræmˈboʊ; French rɛ̃ˈboʊ /

noun

(Jean Ni·co·las) Ar·thur

[zhahn nee-kaw-lah ar-tyr], /ʒɑ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ arˈtür/, 1854–91, French poet.

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rima glottidis, rima oris, rima pudendi, rima vestibuli, rimaye, Rimbaud, rime, rimer, rime riche, rimester, rime suffisante

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But far and away the biggest problem was the later, turncoat Rimbaud, the angel who amputated his own wings.
When Your Hero’s an SOB|Bruce Duffy|August 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Imagine, then, standing on this wind-swept height as Rimbaud did, almost out of your mind with the sheer power of your mind.
When Your Hero’s an SOB|Bruce Duffy|August 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I already feel the breath of failure on my neck, aware that Rimbaud published his first immortal poem at 15.
Juvenilia: A Bibliography|Eric Puchner|February 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Rimbaud had nothing nice to say about it, having lived much of his life around there.
A Novel That's the Best Medicine|Tina Brown|February 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST

I confess I prefer Laforgue, who at his most cryptic is never so wildly tantalising as Rimbaud.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
Rimbaud's effects seem often to come as the beauty of certain silver crystals produced by chemical means.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Then Rimbaud's grandiose Odyssey through the entire world began.
Paul Verlaine|Stefan Zweig
The provincial associations of Charleville filled Rimbaud with disgust and unrest.
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His tendency toward strong, cynical and lascivious conversation met a genial match in Rimbaud.
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British Dictionary definitions for Rimbaud

Rimbaud

/ (French rɛ̃bo) /

noun

Arthur (artyr). 1854–91, French poet, whose work, culminating in the prose poetry of Illuminations (published 1884), greatly influenced the symbolists. A Season in Hell (1873) draws on his tempestuous homosexual affair with Verlaine, after which he abandoned writing (aged about 20) and spent the rest of his life travelling

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