Vigny

American  

[vee-nyee] / viˈnyi /

noun

1. Alfred Victor de 1797–1863, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.

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Vigny British  

/ viɲi /

noun

1. Alfred Victor de (alfrɛd viktɔr də). 1797–1863, French romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist, noted for his pessimistic lyric verse Poèmes antiques et modernes (1826) and Les Destinées (1864), the novel Cinq-Mars (1826), and the play Chatterton (1835)

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Example Sentences

They were latter-day Romantics, growing up on the writers Lamartine, Vigny and Victor Hugo.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

I knew it only from a fading memory of French poetry from the sixth form: in the poem by Vigny, this was how the wolf suffered and died, without speaking.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

Delacroix painted in Nohant's garden studio, and such famous guests as Balzac, Theophile Gautier and Alfred de Vigny argued and tittle-tattled in its drawing room.

From Time Magazine Archive

The greatest names among the writers of the Romantisme may be found among the contributors to these publications,—Chateaubriand, Victor Hugo, Lamartine, Alfred de Musset, A. de Vigny, M�ry, Gozlan, and others.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

You told me you had an article on Alfred de Vigny appearing shortly.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton