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“The first point to remark is the peculiarly happy framework of the Recueil, which I cannot but suspect set an example to the Decamerone and its host of successors. 296 The admirable Introduction, a perfect mise-en-scène, gives the amplest raison d’être of the work, which thus has all the unity required for a great romantic recueil.”
“The case brought into sharp focus the purpose surrounding my years of desultory training, brought forcibly home the entire raison d’être of the person Sherlock Holmes had created of himself, and moreover, brought me up against the dark side of the life Holmes led.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘raison d’être’.
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Tricky Words from French
Loanwords from French -- both established and wet behind the ears -- that are tricky to spell or pronounce properly.
trompe l'oeil, hors d'oeuvre, oeuvre, objet d'art, objet trouvé, contretemps, milieu, métier, mise en scène, mise en place, éclat, faineant and 64 more...
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Loan words from French
gite, coq au vin, dernier cri, clique, hors d'œuvre, touché, naïve, coquette, bourgeois, contretemps, flâneur, film noir and 63 more...
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Logodaedalus' Lexical Locutionary
Discombobulating the illiterate since the middle of the last century.
adiaphora, agitprop, alliteration, apophthegm, autarky, bête noire, bezoar, biorhythm, braggadocio, canaille, confabulate, confrère and 332 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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overseas and abroad
deus ex machina, carpe diem, pathos, freudian slip, raison d’être, carte blanche, ad nauseum, persona non grata, addendum, sine qua non, apropos, vers libre
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wordie
morbid, ostentatious, enigma, heppelwhite, widdershins, mabel, caligari, maple, sebald, daedalus, salmonella, juggernaut and 62 more...
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gtss's list
orb, mars, penultimate, transcendental, star, palinode, condusive, plenipotentiary, red, fire, raison d’être, anagram and 42 more...
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strictly speaking (me)
Me, in word form. Sort of.
squish, pixilated, frou-frou, limerence, veritable, doubtlessly, impressionism, quixotic, scintillating, raison d’être, superfluous, diaphanous and 4 more...
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