Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
spun silk (which see, undersilk ).
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Examples
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I came to point out what anonymous already said, that today's "fantaisie" is blatently based on ignorance.
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He was therefore affected by her 'fantaisie', and by the same reason easily persuaded that she would not keep to it beyond the first night.
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He was therefore affected by her 'fantaisie', and by the same reason easily persuaded that she would not keep to it beyond the first night.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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He was therefore affected by her 'fantaisie', and by the same reason easily persuaded that she would not keep to it beyond the first night.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 03 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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"Ça vaut la peine," * the women say, as they sort through boxes of bijoux de fantaisie.
Escapade 2010
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"Ça vaut la peine,"* the women say, as they sort through boxes of bijoux de fantaisie.
Escapade 2010
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Il errait chaque soir, en murmurant sa triste fantaisie ;
Literary translation (English) Rene Meertens 2010
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“Girls today have no fantaisie,” opined Grace who, now that her divorce was finalized, had come back to visit.
Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009
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“Girls today have no fantaisie,” opined Grace who, now that her divorce was finalized, had come back to visit.
Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009
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“Girls today have no fantaisie,” opined Grace who, now that her divorce was finalized, had come back to visit.
Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009
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