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单词 savante
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Definition of savante in English:

savante

noun ˈsav(ə)ntsavɑ̃t
  • A female savant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her skirts brush the heap of geographical aids she was consulting earlier and left piled in a corner, since femmes savantes are rarely tidy: some rolled maps, a terrestrial globe and a huge leather-bound atlas fully a fifth of her height.
    • The roll-call of celebrated women expanded from the traditional saints, queens, Biblical heroines and aristocratic savantes to include middle-class bluestockings, actresses and other non-elite prodigies.

Origin

Mid 18th century: French, feminine of savant (see savant).

Rhymes

Havant, haven't, savant
 
 
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