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a location where troops assemble prior to a battle. While this figurative meaning also exists in French, the first and literal meaning of point d'appui is a fixed point from which a person or thing executes a movement (such as a footing in climbing or a pivot). porte-cochère an architectural term referring to a kind of porch or portico-like ...
From Latin gustāre meaning to taste; antonym form appeared in Old French desgouster: Disheveled, Dishevelled Sheveled, [a] Shevelled [a] Not attested. Disheveled is from Old French deschevelé. Exasperate Asperate Synonym. To make rough, a similar connotation to exasperate's secondary meaning of increasing the intensity of pain. Feckless Feckful
Mannequin comes from the French word mannequin, which had acquired the meaning "an artist's jointed model", which in turn came from the Flemish word manneken, meaning "little man, figurine", [4] referring to late Middle Ages practice in Flanders whereby public display of even women's clothes was performed by male pages (boys). Fashion shops in ...
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
A santon figurine of a produce seller Nativity scene with santons. A santon is a small hand-painted figurine cast in terracotta or a similar material that is used for building nativity scenes. Santons are a traditional product of the Provence region of southeastern France. A maker of santons is called a santonnier. [1]
A figurine is a small statuette that represents a human, deity or animal. Figurine or Figurines may also refer to: Figurine (band), American electronica band; Figurines (band), Danish indie rock band; The Figurine, a 2009 thriller film produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan
The historical feminine rough equivalent of the flâneur, the passante (French for 'walker', 'passer-by'), appears prominently in the work of Marcel Proust.He portrayed several of his female characters as elusive, passing figures, who tended to ignore his obsessive (and at times possessive) view of them.
A figurine (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a ...