Voltaire
noun
François Marie Arouet, 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
Voltairian
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a word derived from
Voltaire.
Example Sentences
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It is not an especially Voltairian Candide; more significantly, it is not in the least a conventional Broadway musical, for the very good reason that it plainly never sought to be.
From Time Magazine Archive
Justice McKenna usually armed himself on the bench with a magnificent, reticent dignity, but in times of argument he rose like an angry emperor slashing controversy with vehement logic, scorching opponents with Voltairian sarcasm.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is most inspired and Voltairian about Candide must plague operetta writing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Heflin prepared to receive a Voltairian scorching.
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He had become as conservative as he had been liberal, as religious as he had been Voltairian.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
