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Malherbe

[ mal-erb ]

noun

  1. Fran·çois de [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, d, uh], 1555–1628, French poet and critic.


Malherbe

/ malɛrb /

noun

  1. MalherbeFrançois de15551628MFrenchWRITING: poetWRITING: critic François de (frɑ̃swa də). 1555–1628, French poet and critic. He advocated the classical ideals of clarity and concision of meaning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Malherbe said her organization will probably end up helping people just file a return.

The judicious Malherbe exploded this sort of verse near eighty years ago.

Tlmaque was harshly enough judged, etc., and he avows that Malherbe was not a poet.

Malherbe, the first poet in France in his day, appears little to have esteemed the art.

Racan and Malherbe were one day conversing on their amours; that is, of selecting a lady who should be the object of their verses.

He commenced writing odes in imitation of Malherbe, and when his father beheld his first attempt, he cried for joy.

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