grande horizontale
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A high-status prostitute; a courtesan.
Example Sentences
- "The dedicated dancer, moved by some ‘inner vision’ that Martha Graham, for one, saw in her, was now well on the way to becoming a grande horizontale."
- "During at least one of his trips to Paris between 1867 and 1870, Bertie went to visit the grande horizontale La Païva at number 25, Champs Élysées, a magnificent building that has survived to the modern day and now houses a restaurant on its ground floor."
- "For even the grandest of grandes horizontales, respectability was a luxury that remained tantalisingly out of reach."
Etymology
From French grande horizontale.
Origin
- Source language: French