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é

[ ey-klah; French ey-kla ]

noun

  1. brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:

    the é of a great achievement.

  2. showy or elaborate display:

    a performance of great é.

  3. acclamation; acclaim.


é

/ eɪˈklɑː; ekla /

noun

  1. brilliant or conspicuous success, effect, etc
  2. showy display; ostentation
  3. social distinction
  4. approval; acclaim; applause
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of é1

1665–75; < French: splinter, fragment, burst, flash, brilliance, Old French esclat, noun derivative of esclater to burst, break violently, probably < Old Low Franconian *slaitan to split, break (compare Old High German sleizan to tear), a causative of Germanic *slitan; slit
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of é1

C17: from French, from éer to burst; related to Old French esclater to splinter, perhaps of Germanic origin; compare slit
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Example Sentences

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Few American artists of the 20th century arrived with quite his é.

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A concurrent selling exhibition at Sotheby’s, “The World of Tamara: A Celebration of Lempicka and Art Deco,” features several of Lempicka’s paintings, including “L’Éclat,” a portrait of a woman, her hair coiled like strips of film, and “Nu aux Buildings,” a sensuous nude backed by skyscrapers.

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He was soigné, to use one of his favorite words, and he had é, to use another.

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“Both,” replied Elizabeth archly; “for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the é of a proverb.”

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Christopher Curtin, the master chocolatier who owns Éclat Chocolate in West Chester, Pa., makes his chocolate June bugs seasonally.

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