Athénienne

[ ah-teyn-yen; French a-tey-nyen ]

noun

, plural A·thé·niennes [ah-teyn-, yenz, a, -tey-, nyen].

1. a small, decorative stand in the form of an antique tripod, used especially in France in the Louis XVI and Empire periods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Athénienne¹

< French, feminine of athénien Athenian

Example Sentences

On n'entre plus dans les églises, mais on fréquente les brasseries et les cabarets; on y officie, on y célèbre les mystères, on y chante les louanges d'une prétendue république sacro-sainte, une, indivisible, démocratique, sociale, athénienne, intransigeante, despotique, invisible quoique étant partout.

From Project Gutenberg

The Eau Athenienne, notwithstanding, has some reputation as a hair-water, but is little else than a weak tincture of sassafras.

From Project Gutenberg

Lieutenant John Little, a passenger in the Athenienne, with a party of seamen, went on board the brig, for the purpose of prevailing on her master to return with them to the wreck, in hopes of rescuing any of the crew who might be still alive; but this generous purpose was frustrated by violent and adverse winds.

From Project Gutenberg

The Athenienne, of 64 guns, commanded by Captain Robert Raynsford, with a crew of 470 men, sailed from Gibraltar on the 16th of October, 1806, and at noon on the 20th, the Island of Sardinia was seen in the distance.

From Project Gutenberg

One there was on board the Athenienne, to whose care the safety of the vessel and the lives of her crew had been entrusted, who appeared to have misgivings as to the course she was steering.

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