maury maeterlinck

Mae·ter·linck

[mey-ter-lingk; French ma-ter-lan; Flemish mah-ter-lingk]
noun
Comte Mau·rice [French moh-rees] , 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.

Mae·ter·linck·i·an, adjective
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Maeterlinck (ˈmeɪtəˌlɪŋk, French mɛtɛrlɛ̃k) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Comte Maurice (mɔris). 1862--1949, Belgian poet and dramatist, noted particularly for his symbolist plays, such as Pelléas et Mélisande (1892), which served as the basis for an opera by Debussy, and L'Oiseau bleu (1909). Nobel prize for literature 1911

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