Fouqué

[ foo-key ]

noun
  1. Frie·drich Hein·rich Karl, Baron de la Motte- [free-drikh -hahyn-rikh kahrl, duh lah -moht], /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx kɑrl, də lɑ ˈmoʊt/, 1777–1843, German romanticist: poet and novelist.

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How to use Fouqué in a sentence

  • After the death of his father, Silvere went to live with his grandmother Adelaide Fouque.

    A Zola Dictionary | J. G. Patterson
  • Clerissys workshop was continued after his death by his partner, Joseph Fouque, whose family retains it to the present day.

    The Ceramic Art | Jennie J. Young
  • It was sent to Fouque by his friend Edward Hitzig, with a request that he would compose a ballad on it.

    Undine | Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
  • Now you learnt it for love of Fouque and Max Piccolomini, and you have kept it up ever since.'

    The Two Sides of the Shield | Charlotte M. Yonge
  • There is a beautiful moral in one of Fouque's miniature romances,—Die Kohlerfamilie.

British Dictionary definitions for Fouqué

Fouqué

/ (German fuˈkeː) /


noun
  1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈhainrɪç karl), Baron de la Motte. 1777–1843, German romantic writer; author of Undine (1811)

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