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‖ Ventôse, n.2|vɑ̃toz|
[Fr., ad. L. ventōsus: see ventose a.]
The sixth month of the French republican calendar, introduced in 1793, extending from 19 Feb. to 20 Mar.
1802C. Wilmot Let. 13 Mar. in Irish Peer (1920) 50 (heading) 13 March, 1802. 22 Ventose. 1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 171/1 The winter months were Nivôse, the snowy, Pluviôse, the rainy, and Ventôse, the windy month. 1943J. M. Thompson French Revolution xxiv. 463 The attempt, shown in the maximum decree of February 21st [1794] and the so-called ‘Laws of Ventôse’..to conciliate the working-class support. 1981Encounter Dec. 41/2 The Year III... Ventôse this time witnessed a sudden and massive thaw. |