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Thermidor
[ thur-mi-dawr; French ter-mee-dawr ]
noun
- Also called Fervidor. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the 11th month of the year, extending from July 19 to August 17.
- (sometimes lowercase) lobster thermidor.
Thermidor
/ tɛrmidɔr /
noun
- the month of heat: the eleventh month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from July 20 to Aug 18 AlsoFervidor
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Thermidor1
1820–30; < French < Greek thérm ( ē ) heat + dôr ( on ) gift; -i-
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Thermidor1
C19: from French, from Greek thermē heat + dōron gift
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Example Sentences
We will now see what the Tenth Thermidor brought to this unfortunate little monarch.
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First it swings off to one extreme, as it did in '93, and then started back on the Tenth Thermidor.
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We reach the end of the Reign of Terror, on the 9th of Thermidor, the most auspicious date in modern history.
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The remorseless tyranny which came to an end in Thermidor was not the product of home causes.
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After an unsuccessful embassy in Tuscany, he was imprisoned as a suspect during the Terror, but freed after the 9th Thermidor.
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