Definition of Contes

1. conte [n] - See also: conte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contes

contentious
contentiously
contentiousness
contentless
contently
contentment
contentments
contents
conterminable
conterminal
conterminant
conterminate
conterminous
conterminously
conterminousness
contes (current term)
contessa
contessas
contesseration
contest
contest competition
contest shape
contestability
contestable
contestant
contestants
contestation
contestations
contested
contestee

Literary usage of Contes

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

1. A Summary of the Literatures of Modern Europe: (England, France, Germany by Marian Edwardes (1907)
"DITS ET contes : RELIGIOUS, DIDACTIC, SATIRICAL, ETC. ... Other works— Li contes dou Pel. On the avarice of Lords and Prelates, in allegorical form ; Pel, ..."

2. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machin, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"the contes of Rutland at ... my lade the contes of Rutland, with xxx clarkes and prestes ... contes ..."

3. The Standard Operas, Their Plots and Their Music by George Putnam Upton (1914)
"Les contes de Hoffmann " Les contes de Hoffmann " (" Tales of Hoffmann "), a lyric opera arranged in prologue, three acts or scenes, and epilogue, ..."

4. Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts, Harry Leigh Douglas Ward, John Alexander Herbert (1883)
"Each volume contains the entry, " Ex Bibliotheca D. Crozat," and the signatures of two subsequent owners, D. Ronay and BH Bright. contes ET ..."

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