Crossword-Solution: LENCLOS
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| Clue | Answers |
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| 17th century French courtesan. | 1 answer |
| Ninon de ___, famous for charm in her old age. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with LENCLOS (5)
Villarceaux, Vivonne, the Maréchal d’Albret, figured in his list of courtiers; while for ladies he had Mesdames Deshoulières, de Scudéry, de la Sablière, and de Sévigné, to say nothing of Ninon de Lenclos and Marion Delorme.
Among the most noted of these salons was that of the celebrated beauty, Ninon de Lenclos, she who called the _précieuses_ the "Jansenists of love," an expression which became very popular.
Ninon de Lenclos was a woman of the most brilliant mind and exquisite taste, and it was at her hôtel that Molière first read his _Tartuffe_ before Condé, La Fontaine, Boileau, Lulli, Racine, and Chapelle, and it was there that he received the principal ideas for his drama.
The saying: _Elle eut l'estime de Lenclos_ [she had the esteem of Lenclos] became a popular manner of expressing the fact that a certain woman was especially esteemed.
Ninon de Lenclos.] [257] [According to the biographers, Mazeppa's intrigue took place after he had been banished from the court of Warsaw, and had retired to his estate in Volhynia.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1948–1964).