montaigne

IPA: moʊntɑˈinj

Root Word: Montaigne

noun

  • (countable) A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
  • Michel de Montaigne, a French philosopher
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Examples of "montaigne" in Sentences

  • Montaigne mentions one, but I can't verify it in extant resources.
  • Snowed in for the winter, he read the Essays by Michel de Montaigne.
  • Montaigne reviled hunting by describing it as an urban massacre scene.
  • That is what Montaigne did and that is why he is the hero of this book.
  • His heart is preserved in the parish church of Saint Michel de Montaigne.
  • Montaigne continued to extend, revise, and oversee the publication of Essais.
  • In his own time, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman than as an author.
  • The Montaigne Montesquieu station is located on line of the tramway de Bordeaux.
  • In 1812 he gained a prize from the Academy with an essay on Michel de Montaigne.

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