BONAVENTURE DESPERIERS
\bˌɒne͡ɪvˈɛnt͡ʃə dɪspˈi͡əɹɪəz], \bˌɒneɪvˈɛntʃə dɪspˈiəɹɪəz], \b_ˌɒ_n_eɪ_v_ˈɛ_n_tʃ_ə d_ɪ_s_p_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_z]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
A French story-teller; born at Arnay-le-Duc, about 1505; died 1544. He was secretary to Margaret of Navarre. He wrote a series of 90 stories: "New Recreations and Merry Conceits", printed in 1558. In 1537 was published his "Cymbalum Mundi in French", a virulent and contemptuous attack on the Christian religion, which was burned by the common hangman, and of which only one copy is in existence. The author probably escaped a like fate by suicide.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Nearby Words
- bonaroba
- bonasa
- bonasa umbellus
- bonassus
- bonasus
- Bonaventure Desperiers
- bonavist
- bonbon
- bonbonniere
- bonce
- bonchretien