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1835–45; < French, equivalent to feuillet little leaf (feuille (< Latin folium leaf) + -et -et) + -on noun suffix
1835–45; < French, equivalent to feuillet little leaf (feuille (< Latin folium leaf) + -et -et) + -on noun suffix
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feuil·le·ton·ist, noun
feuil·le·ton·is·tic, adjective
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Feuilletonist
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
feuilleton
part of a Fr. newspaper devoted to light literature and criticism (usually at the bottom of a page and separated by a rule), 1845, from Fr., lit. "a leaflet (added to a newspaper)," dim. of feuille "leaf," from L. folium (see folio).
EXPAND"Esp. applied in F. to the short story or serial with which newspapers filled up after the fall of Napoleon left them short of war news. This was the beginning of Dumas' and Eugène Sue's long novels." [Weekley]
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