Sévigné

[ sey-vee-nyey ]

/ seɪ viˈnyeɪ /

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noun

Ma·rie de Ra·bu·tin-Chan·tal

[ma-reeduhra-by-tan-shahn-tal], /maˈri də ra bü tɛ̃ ʃɑ̃ˈtal/, Marquise de, 1626–96, French writer, especially of letters.

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Words nearby Sévigné

Severus, severy, Seveso, Sevier, Sevier River, Sévigné, Seville, Seville orange, Sèvres, sevruga, sew

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How to use Sévigné in a sentence

Her hair, dressed a la Sevigne, gave her a look of elegance; a necklace of pearls lay on her bosom like bubbles on snow.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac
Madame de Sevigne had an apartment and held her salon there for nearly twenty years.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2)|Henry Watterson
Madame Sevigne was one of Corneille's warmest admirers, and did not join the company of Racine worshipers.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett
But Madame de Sevigne had no clear notion of suffering in anyone who was not a person of quality.
Democracy In America, Volume 2 (of 2)|Alexis de Toqueville

It can even go as far as weeping the traditional six tears, as Madame de Sevigne did for Andromaque.
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings|Rene Doumic

British Dictionary definitions for Sévigné

Sévigné

/ (French seviɲe) /

noun

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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