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Prévost, Marcel

(Encyclopedia) Prévost, MarcelPrévost, Marcelmärsĕlˈ prāvōˈ [key], 1862–1941, French novelist. His novels deal chiefly with feminine questions, portraying severely what Prévost regarded as the moral…

Demi Settles

Demi Settles“Mother, can I have a little serious conversation with you?” asked Demi one evening, as they sat together enjoying the first fire of the season, while Daisy wrote letters upstairs…

Daisy and Demi

Daisy and DemiI cannot feel that I have done my duty as humble historian of the March family, without devoting at least one chapter to the two most precious and important members of it.…

Brewer's: Demy'

A size of paper between royal and crown. Its size is 22 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. It is from the French word demi (half), and means demi-royal (a small royal), royal being 25 in. x 20 in. The…

Brewer's: Demi-monde

Lorettes, courtezans. Le beau monde means “fashionable society,” and demi-monde the society only half acknowledged. “Demi-monde implies not only recognition and a status, but a certain…

Brewer's: Demi-rep

A woman whose character has been blown upon. Contraction of demi-reputation. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DemiurgeDemi-monde A B C D E F G H I J…

Demi Moore Biography

Demi Moore(Demetria Guynes)actressBorn: 11/11/1962Birthplace: Roswell, New Mexico Film and television actress who played Jackie Templeton on General Hospital (1981–83) before she became a…

Stephens, James

(Encyclopedia) Stephens, James, 1882–1950, Irish poet and fiction writer, b. Dublin. One of the leading figures of the Irish literary renaissance, Stephens is best known for his fanciful and highly…