Sade

[ sahd, sad; French sad ]

/ sɑd, sæd; French sad /

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noun

Do·na·tien Al·phonse Fran·çois

[daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa], /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/, Comte de Marquis de Sade, 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.

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Words nearby Sade

saddle stitch, saddle stitching, saddletree, saddo, Sadducee, Sade, Sade, Marquis de, sad-faced, sadhaka, sadhana, sadhe

How to use Sade in a sentence

I feel like we can’t leave this world without Anita Baker or celebrating Sade.
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In that sense, young’uns know Sade even if they think they don’t.
No Ordinary Love: An Ode To Sade|cmurray|October 9, 2020|Essence.com
This Far marks the perfect chance to let the timelessness of Sade’s sound play with your heartstrings.
No Ordinary Love: An Ode To Sade|cmurray|October 9, 2020|Essence.com
Sade herself has no social media presence, habitually disappearing completely between releases.
No Ordinary Love: An Ode To Sade|cmurray|October 9, 2020|Essence.com

The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”
The Twisted Sadism of ‘Borgman’|Alex Suskind|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She should be a combination of Noel Coward and the Marquis de Sade.
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Sadismus nomen habet a quodem libidinoso Gallico marchione de Sade, saeculo duodevicesimo vigente.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Of ores kennes teares he sade : Lacrimis meis stratum meum rigabo : Ich scal watrien min bedd mid mine teares.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
Mine teares he sade me 91 waren bred dai niht swa gode hie ouhten.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
De Sade contends that "crebris" is less applicable to "perturbationibus" than to "partubus."
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
But I sartainly am sorry for that poor little Sade Raby, as they call her.
Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm|Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for Sade

Sade

/ (sɑːd) /

noun

Comte Donatien Alphonse François de (dɔnasjɛ̃ alfɔ̃s frɑ̃swa də), known as the Marquis de Sade. 1740–1814, French soldier and writer, whose exposition of sexual perversion gave rise to the term sadism

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