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Emile (2 syl.)

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The French form of Emilʹius. The hero of Jean Jacques Rousseau’s novel of the same name, and his ideal of a perfectly educated young man.

 

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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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Ember Weeks
Emblem
Emblems of the Jewish Temple
Embryo
Emelye
Emerald Isle
Emeralds
Emergency
Emergency Man (An)
Emeute (French)
Emile
Emilia (in Shakespeare’s Othello)
Emilie (The divine)
Emmet
Emne
Emolument
Emotion
Empanel
Empannel
Empedoclēs
Emperor

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Émile