English Explanatory Dictionary

Merveilleuse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fashionable young Frenchwoman of the late 18th-century, characterized by extravagant dress sense and anti-revolutionary ideas.
noun
  1. A female merveilleux.

Pronunciation

/mɜːveɪˈjɜːz/ /mɛɹ.veɪˈjəz/ /-ˈjuz/

Word forms

Merveilleuse Merveilleuses

Etymology

Borrowed from French Merveilleuse.

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