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Recamier
1[ rey-kuh-myey ]
noun
- a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
Récamier
2[ rey-ka-myey ]
noun
- Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Recamier1
1920–25; after Madame Récamier ( def )
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Example Sentences
Such was Madame Récamier at eighteen, so remarkable for beauty that she called forth murmurs of admiration wherever she appeared.
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It was in the midst of these social successes that the husband of Madame Récamier lost his fortune.
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Madame Récamier's place in society has never since been filled with equal grace and fascination.
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In 1819 occurred the second failure of M. Récamier, which necessarily led again to a new and more humble style of life.
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It was a very brilliant entertainment, one of the last in which Madame Récamier presided as a queen of society.
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