Definition of Littre

1. Noun. French lexicographer (1801-1881).

Exact synonyms: Maximilien Paul Emile Littre
Generic synonyms: Lexicographer, Lexicologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Littre

Little Missouri River
Little Mo Connolly
Little Office
Little Phoebe
Little Red Ricing Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Rhody
Little Rock
Little Russia
Little Russian
Little Sioux River
Little Sparrow
Little Wabash
Little Wabash River
Littorinidae
Littre (current term)
Littre's glands
Littre's hernia
Litueche
Liturgical Armenian
Litzmann obliquity
Liuzhou
Liv
LiveScript
Livermore
Liverpool
Liverpool sound
Liverpudlian
Liverpudlians
Livia

Literary usage of Littre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"In Hippokrates (but chiefly in the supposititious treatises) there are numerous examples according to Littre. Good MSS. often have the correct forms ..."

2. Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland by Robert Flint (1893)
"Of course, Littre ' has endeavoured to show that his law is much superior ... Such is, however, the position taken up by Littre', when he maintains that the ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1868)
"Par E. Littre. Pans: 1863. 4. A General View of Positivism. Translated from the French of Auguste Comte. By Dr. BRIDGES. London: 1865. ..."

4. History of the Philosophy of History by Robert Flint (1893)
"Of course, Littre has endeavoured to show that his law is much superior to ... Such is, however, the position taken up by Littre", when he maintains that ..."

5. Class-book of Comparative Idioms: English by Jules Bué, William Collett Sandars (1873)
"The absence of M. Littre' from the Academy is even more remarkable than that of many historians, essayists, and humourists whose works are the common ..."

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