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Alcesʹte (2 syl.)

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The hero of Molière’s Misanthrope. Not unlike Shakespeare’s character of Timon.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Albion
Albion
Albion the Giant
Albracca’s Damsel (in Orlando Furioso)
Album
Alcade
Alcaic Verse
Alcantara (Order of)
Alcastus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Alce
Alceste
Alchemilla
Alchemy (Al-ki-mĕ)
Alcimedon
Alcina
Alcinoo poma dare (to give apples to Alcinŏus)
Alcofribas
Alcuith
Aldabella
Aldebaran
Alderman

See Also:

Alceste