ROMAN À CLEF


Meaning of ROMAN À CLEF in English

rōmäⁿnȧklā noun

( plural romans à clef “)

Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key

: a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise

a roman à clef of show business — Burton Rascoe

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