Larousse

[ la-roos; English luh-roos ]

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noun

Pierre A·tha·nase [pye, r, , a, -t, a, -, nahz], 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.

Larousse

/ larus /

LaroussePierre Athanase18171875MFrenchLANGUAGE: grammarianLANGUAGE: lexicographerWRITING: encyclopedist Pierre Athanase (pjɛr atanɑz). 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist. He edited and helped to compile the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIX siècle (1866–76)

The Larousse Gastronomique recipe for roast horse with cinnamon looked superb.

Larousse Gastronomique I look to it for the definitive recipes and definitions, and also the photos.

Our 57 writers otherwise showed an astonishing breadth of interest and erudition, from Babar to The New Larousse Gastronomique.

The account in Larousse's "Grand Dictionnaire" is so graphic that it makes one's flesh creep.

Dr. Larousse said that he would have sunk had the hanging of Sharkey not put fresh life into him.

Larousse says the double judgment was wrongly attributed to Mme. de Sévigné.

Larousse calls her “Belle, instruite, spirituelle mais sceptique et materialiste.”

Jullien was, we assume, a naturalized British subject, though he appears in Larousse.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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