Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.
- noun Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
éclat . (brilliance of success oreffort ;splendor ; brilliant show; striking effect;glory ;renown .)
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- noun brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
- noun enthusiastic approval
- noun ceremonial elegance and splendor
Etymologies
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Examples
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In one sense, to be sure, pigeons and ring-doves could not dance but with 'eclat' -- 'a claw? '
Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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As for things I can’t live without …. mac eye shadows and lip gloss .. touche eclat is a must for the ‘ol under eye bags .. and I always keep tea tree oil handy for spots.
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Every one was eager to get a sight of the young hero whose career had commenced with so much 'eclat'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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I had not passed with the "eclat" my tutor prophesied; but, I contrived to get numbered amongst those fortunate six who secured their appointments out of the entire sixty that competed.
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He set forth with much 'eclat' and a little innocent posturing and ritual, in which a cornet and a violin figured, together with a farewell oration by the Cure.
The Money Master, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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He set forth with much 'eclat' and a little innocent posturing and ritual, in which a cornet and a violin figured, together with a farewell oration by the Cure.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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He set forth with much 'eclat' and a little innocent posturing and ritual, in which a cornet and a violin figured, together with a farewell oration by the Cure.
The Money Master, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Every one was eager to get a sight of the young hero whose career had commenced with so much 'eclat'.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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Every one was eager to get a sight of the young hero whose career had commenced with so much 'eclat'.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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She will expect to meet with all the good-breeding and delicacy that she brings; and as she is past the glare and 'eclat' of youth, may be the more willing to listen to your story, if you tell it well.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1751 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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