Poisson
/ (French pwasɔ̃) /
Siméon Denis (simeɔ̃ dəni). 1781–1840, French mathematician, noted for his application of mathematical theory to physics, esp electricity and magnetism
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How to use Poisson in a sentence
Il y a nombre infini de ruisseaux au Port Royal, entre lesquels sont trois ou quatre o vient foison le Poisson au renouveau.
Ils y allerent, & leur fit Membertou (qui estoit cabann l) bonne chere, de chair & de Poisson.
Quand l'hiver fut pass, & que la douceur du temps allecha le Poisson rechercher les eaux douces, on dpecha 170 des gens le 14.
And Mlle. Poisson records that she "showed most remarkable taste and invariably opposed to the mode of the time."
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel WilliamsIn France the party fooled is called un Poisson d'avril, 'an April fish'; in Scotland, a 'gowk', or cuckoo.
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