Definition of Conte

1. n. A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events.

Definition of Conte

1. Noun. a drawing medium composed of compressed powdered graphite or charcoal mixed with a wax or clay base, square in cross-section. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conte

1. a short story [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conte

contaminable
contaminant
contaminants
contaminate
contaminated
contaminates
contaminating
contamination
contaminations
contaminative
contaminator
contaminators
contango
contangos
contd
conte (current term)
conteck
contecks
contemn
contemn'd
contemned
contemner
contemners
contemnest
contemneth
contemning
contemningly
contemnor
contemnors
contemns

Literary usage of Conte

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

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1895)
"BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF JOHN LE conte. John Lc conte was born on a plantation in Liberty county, Georgia, December 4, 1818. As his family name indicates, ..."

2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1903)
"Le conte, on the other hand, was the well- beloved among the boys and girls in ... The young Teuton loves his berserker and exults in his power; Le conte, ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"W. LE conte STEVENS. THE subject of the present sketch is the Professor of Physics ... He was the second son of Louis Le conte, and was born on the 4th of ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"Major Le conte and his brother Louis were close students and accurate observers, almost from the beginning of the century, though the extreme diffidence of ..."

5. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"Guillaume Le conte, of Rouen, became the chap. vii. head of an American family, that has ren- ,6g1- dered notable services to natural science.1 ,0, ..."

6. English and American Philosophy Since 1800: A Critical Survey by Arthur Kenyon Rogers (1922)
"The ultimate difficulties in the way of such an attempt to combine pantheism with independent human personality, Le conte has in the end to meet by an ..."

7. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1903)
"SEWAGE PURIFICATION. An Informal Discussion at the Annual Convention, June 10th, 1903.* By LJ LE conte, M. Am. Soc. CELJ LE conte, M. Am. Soc. ..."

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