Leloir

[ luh-lwahr; Spanish le-lwahr ]

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noun

Luis Fe·de·ri·co [lwees fe-, th, e-, ree, -kaw], 1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.

Maurice Leloir drew men of their age and country no more elegantly for the bravest novel of Dumas.

Frontispiece on Japan paper from a water-colour drawing and autograph note by Maurice Leloir.

Best and Leloir were the most distinguished, together with MM.

I have another friend who insists that she'd rather have Leloir.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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