Villonesqueadj.
/viːjɒˈnɛsk//viːlɒˈnɛsk/ Characteristic of (the style of) Villon.
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1932 E. Rickword tr. Coulon Poet Under Saturn vi. 163 A name evocative of the cells, the Villonesque name of Pierre Duchâtelet.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Mar. 222/1 The self-portrait..is of a somewhat Villonesque character.
1979 M. A. Screech Rabelais iii. 86 His Villonesque tricks against the university and church dignitaries.
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adj.1932- it is to be wondered
- it is to good sense
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- it is to witting
- it is too late
- it is too late to do something
- it is true
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