Definition of Corneille

1. Noun. French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684).

Exact synonyms: Pierre Corneille
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Poet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corneille

Coriolis force
Corixa
Corixidae
Cork
Corkonian
Corkonians
Cormac
Cormack
Cormag
Cormick
Cormo
Cormos
Corn Belt
Cornaceae
Corneille (current term)
Cornelia
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Cornelis Jansen
Cornelius
Cornelius Jansenius
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornell
Cornell University
Cornellian
Cornellians
Corner's tampon
Corner-Allen test
Corner-Allen unit

Literary usage of Corneille

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"Parallèle de Corneille et de Racine F. Guizot, Corneille et «on ... Prosser Hall Frye, Corneille: thé Neo- classic Tragedy and the Greek (in Lit. ..."

2. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"On Corneille and his works: See introductions to Voltaire, ... Parallèle de Corneille et de Racine F. Guizot, Corneille et son Temps (2nd éd., Paris, 1852. ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Leagued with the Academy against the success of the Cid, he tried to impose them on Corneille. Being commissioned to draw up " the sentiments of the Academy ..."

4. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"Corneille, who, however, preceded the others, and who only belongs to this group ... Corneille sang of magnanimity, of loftiness of soul; though he was not ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"Corneille, who, however, preceded the others, and who only belongs to this group ... Corneille sang of magnanimity, of loftiness of soul; though he was not ..."

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