Sévigné

American  

[sey-vee-nyey] / seɪ viˈnyeɪ /

noun

1. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de, 1626–96, French writer, especially of letters.

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Sévigné British  

/ seviɲe /

noun

1. Marquise de, title of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. 1626–96, French letter writer. Her correspondence with her daughter and others provides a vivid account of society during the reign of Louis XIV

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Example Sentences

Philippe Sellier, a literature professor at Paris IV university, added that Madame de La Fayette, along with the aristocratic writers Madame de Sévigné and Mademoiselle de Scudéry, formed what he called a “feminine avant-garde”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017

Living in Paris from her third to fourteenth years, she attended the College Sévigné, developed a linguistic talent which now allows her. to talk French, German, Danish and Russian.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probably the most famous coffee quip is that of Mme. de Sévigné, who, as already told in chapter XI, was wrongfully credited with saying, "Racine and coffee will pass."

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

During the whole of her life she was on the most intimate terms with Madame de Sévigné, as well as with many of the foremost men of letters of the time.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

I shall wish to read ‘Pascal’s Provincial Letters’ and the Letters of Madame de Sévigné, after what you have said of them.”

From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Butterworth, Hezekiah