vicomtesse

[vee-kawn-tes]

noun

plural

vicomtesses 

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicomtesse¹

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

Example Sentences

Mr. Rorem moved to Morocco in 1949 and then to Paris, where he became the protege and constant companion of the Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de Noailles, a wealthy patron of the arts; he lived with her until 1957, after which he returned to New York, as he put it, “for publication and performance.”

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

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The art collection came from Rorem’s time in Paris, where he lived throughout most of the 1950s, taken care of by the Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de Noailles.

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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.

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He charmed Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de Noailles, a powerful patron of the arts, and was quickly welcomed into her mansion as well as her circle of friends.

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