CHRISTINE DE PISAN
\kɹˈɪstiːn də pˈɪsən], \kɹˈɪstiːn də pˈɪsən], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_t_iː_n d_ə p_ˈɪ_s_ə_n]\
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A French poet; born at Venice, 1364; died about 1431. Among her poems are: "An Epistle to the God of Loves" (1399); "Feats of Arms and of Chivalry" (1404); "Life and Good Ways of the Wise King Charles V".[of France] (1404); "Lamentations over the Evils of the Civil War" (1410); "Moral Sayings".
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].