GEORGES DE SCUDERY
\d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒɪz də skjˈuːdəɹi], \dʒˈɔːdʒɪz də skjˈuːdəɹi], \dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ_ɪ_z d_ə s_k_j_ˈuː_d_ə_ɹ_i]\
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A French poet, brother of Madeleine; born at Havre, 1601; died at Paris, May 14, 1667. He wrote many dramas, all now forgotten with the possible exception of "Tyrannic Love". His epic of "Alaric" (1654) was severely scored by Boileau for its bombastic style.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).