Word: nymphish
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Beautiful Bluestocking. Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, daughter of a well-to-do businessman and created Marquise de Pompadour by her royal lover, arrived in the "rats' nests" in 1745, stayed at the court 20 years until her death at 42. Her figure seemed to be made wholly of nymphish curves: her skin was "snow-white," her eyes "the brightest, wittiest and most sparkling." She could act dance and sing, play the clavichord "to perfection," paint, draw, engrave precious stones, and spout about gardening, botany and natural history-"a more accomplished woman," says Author Mitford, "has seldom lived." The only interesting...
| 1 |