Crèvecoeur

[ krev-kœr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Mi·chel Guil·laume Jean de [mee-, shel, gee-, yohm, zhah, n, d, uh], J. Hector St. John, 1735–1813, French writer, statesman, and agriculturalist, in the U.S. after 1754.

"Thou shalt have it, fair kinswoman, were it against a host," said Crèvecoeur.

Meanwhile to all but you, my readers, the Crèvecoeur cameo remains as great a mystery as ever.

The second, a little further south, near to Peoria, he named Crèvecoeur.

And yet the Crèvecoeur cameo had puzzled wiser heads than Mrs. Dalliba's, adept though she was.

Crèvecoeur, breakheart, which has also become a local name in France.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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