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vicomtesse

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[vee-kawn-tes] / vi kɔ̃ˈtɛs /

noun

vicomtesses plural
  1. the wife or widow of a vicomte; a French viscountess.


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Etymology

Origin of vicomtesse

< French, equivalent to vicomte viscount + -esse -ess

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On his way out of Paris, he once told me, he took a score from the vicomtesse: a copy of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “Der Jasager,” with an inscription by Weill.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2022

He had charmed the vicomtesse just as he had charmed everyone else — with gleeful self-awareness.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2022

The supper passed in quiet, with light talk of familiar things, the vicomtesse, always a taciturn woman, saying but little.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

When once in her bed-room, the vicomtesse said that on the morrow she would rest in bed.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The vicomtesse received them all with a certain surprise at their ceremonious good manners and their tranquil sense of unquestioned position.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

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