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English
Etymology
From French éclat. More at éclat.
Pronunciation
Noun
eclat (countable and uncountable, plural eclats)
- Alternative spelling of éclat
1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D Lawler, “Book V. The Tombs, the Churches, and the Palaces. Chapter I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. , volume I, London: Corri, ; and sold by Colburn, , and Mackenzie, , →OCLC, page 244:There is an elegy of Propertius which paints better than any other writing of antiquity, this dignity of females among the Romans, more imposing, more pure than the eclat which they enjoyed during the age of chivalry.
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