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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

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

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

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

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

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

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