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Janet

[ zha-ne jan-it ]

noun

  1. Pierre Ma·rie Fé·lix [pye, r, m, a, -, ree, fey-, leeks], 1859–1947, French psychologist and neurologist.
  2. Also Ja·net·ta [] a female given name, form of Jane.


Janet

/ ʒanɛ /

noun

  1. JanetPierre Marie Félix18591947MFrenchSCIENCE: psychologistSCIENCE: neurologist Pierre Marie Félix (pjɛr mari feliks). 1859–1947, French psychologist and neurologist, noted particularly for his work on the origins of hysteria


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There she met Janet Flanner, who would become a famed New Yorker correspondent “Genet”—for three decades.

His explanation only diminishes the irresistible excitement we feel while watching Tony Perkins peer at Janet Leigh in her shower.

In November 2013, Driscoll was accused of plagiarism by radio talk show host Janet Mefferd.

Ohio Republican Janet Porter was fed up with Facebook restricting the voices of conservatives like her.

Bringing pieces from the two collections together gives a fresh perspective to them, says Janet Bishop, an SFMOMA curator.

And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.

She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.

Janet's silence impressed Hilda: it was not merely strange--it was formidable: it affected the whole day.

She was helpless, because she had said nothing all day of her appointment, and because Janet had not mentioned it either.

Janet might have said before leaving: "Tea had better not wait too long--Hilda has to be down at Clayhanger's at half-past six."

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