MATTHIESSEN

Meaning of MATTHIESSEN in English

/math"euh seuhn/ , n.

Peter , born 1927, U.S. novelist and travel writer.

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MATTHIESSEN — Matthiessen BrE AmE ˈmæθ ɪs ə n § \ -əs-
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MATTHIESSEN, PETER — born May 22, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. naturalist and writer. He attended Yale University and worked as a …
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MATTHIESSEN, PETER — born May 22, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S. American novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer whose work deals with the destructive …
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MATTHIESSEN, PETER — born May 22, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. naturalist and writer. He attended Yale University and worked as a …
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PETER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Altgeld John Peter Behrens Peter Lawrence Peter Berra Brook Sir Peter Stephen Paul Carey …
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SMARTY — I. noun or smartie ˈsmär]d.]ē, -mȧ], ]t], ]i ( -es ) Etymology: smart (II) + -y, -ie : one that …
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FREIGHT — I. ˈfrāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low …
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EQUAL — I. ˈēkwəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin aequalis, from aequus level, equal + -alis -al 1. a. (1) : …
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CALM — I. ˈkä]m, ˈkȧ] also ]lm; sporadic & old-fash ˈkam noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English calme, from Middle French …
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SUGGESTIBLE — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷əbəl adjective Etymology: suggest + -ible : easily influenced by suggestion : susceptible mentally to external influences especially to the …
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SPLENDID — -də̇d adjective ( often -er/-est ) Etymology: Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine; akin to Greek splēdos ashes, Sanskrit sphuliṅga …
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PERCEPTIVE — pə(r)ˈseptiv, -tēv adjective Etymology: percept ion + -ive 1. : responsive to sensory stimulus : sharp , discerning a perceptive …
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MIDDLEMAN — ˈmid ə lˌman, -aa(ə)n noun ( plural middlemen ) 1. obsolete : a soldier at the middle of a file …
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EXPOSURE — ikˈspōzhə(r), ek- noun ( -s ) Etymology: expose + -ure 1. : an act of exposing, laying open, or setting …
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LA SALLE — city, Montral region, southern Quebec province, Canada, on the south shore of le de Montral (Montreal Island), at the head …
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JAMES, HENRY — born April 15, 1843, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 28, 1916, London, Eng. Henry James, 1905 American novelist and, …
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ELIOT, T.S — Additional reading Surveys of his life and career include Lyndall Gordon, Eliot's Early Years (1977), and Eliot's New Life (1988); …
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DREISER, THEODORE — born Aug. 27, 1871, Terre Haute, Ind., U.S. died Dec. 28, 1945, Hollywood, Calif. Theodore Dreiser novelist who was the …
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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PETER — n. Abelard Peter Altgeld John Peter Behrens Peter Lawrence Peter Berra Brook Sir Peter Stephen Paul Carey Peter Philip Cooper …
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