Crossword-Solution: DELORME 7 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Paul Verlaine regarded as his literary diploma a letter from this ‘Balzac de la critique.’ ” “At the entrance of the quaint Passage du Commerce, under the arch that leads into the rue Saint-André-des-Arts, stands a hotel, where for years Sainte-Beuve came daily to work (away from the importunate who besieged his dwelling) in a room hired under the assumed name of Delorme.

This circumstance, however, detracted only slightly from the special pleasure I took in the young person called Delorme.

The wearer of it could not be awkward if he tried, and I will do Delorme the justice to say that he put his dress to some severe tests.

But he was graceful all the while, and made me wish that my countrymen would throw aside their present hideous habiliments and hasten to the measuring-room of Delorme's tailor.

Hugo has written Marion Delorme, Musset has written Bernerette, Alexandre Dumas has written Fernande, the thinkers and poets of all time have brought to the courtesan the offering of their pity, and at times a great man has rehabilitated them with his love and even with his name.