Antoinette

American  

[an-twuh-net, -tuh-, ahn-twa-net] / ˌæn twəˈnɛt, -tə-, ɑ̃ twaˈnɛt /

noun

1. Marie 1755–93, queen of France 1774–93: wife of Louis XVI.

2. a first name: derived from Antoine.

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Antoinette British  

/ ɑ̃twanɛt /

noun

1. See Marie Antoinette

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Example Sentences

The same qualities that got “Lost in Translation” lauded for its dreamy atmosphere prompted attacks on “Marie Antoinette” for being cosseted and self-indulgent, which had more to do with critics’ sympathies toward the former’s melancholy May-December romance and their hostility to the feminine frippery of the latter than any profound shift between the two.

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I was living in Paris after “Marie Antoinette.”

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“Marie Antoinette” was almost defiantly girly.

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With “Marie Antoinette” I got to really indulge my feminine side.

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Some of the more condescending reviews of “Marie Antoinette” made a facile equation between you and your protagonist, as if you were the flippant queen dousing herself in luxury.

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