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Montaigne
Mon·taigne
/
mɒnˈteɪn;
French
mɔ̃ˈtɛn
yə
/
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[
mon-
teyn
;
French
maw
n
-
ten
-y
uh
]
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noun
Mi·chel Ey·quem
/
miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm
/
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[
mee-
shel
e-
kem
]
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,
Seigneur de,
1533–92,
French essayist.
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Montaigne
(
French
mɔ̃tɛɲ)
—
n
Michel Eyquem de
(miʃɛl ikɛm də). 1533--92, French writer. His life's work, the
Essays
(begun in 1571), established the essay as a literary genre and record the evolution of his moral ideas
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