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eclaircissements

eclaircissements is the plural of eclaircissement.

Meaning of eclaircissement

Noun

eclaircissement (countable and uncountable, plural eclaircissements)

  1. An explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment.
    • One of the heroes discovered, in the prize he had made, the very wife of his bosom; and his companion perceived that he had stumbled in the dark upon his own mother. Their mutual astonishment was unspeakable at this eclaircissement […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 91, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about eclaircissements

What is eclaircissements the plural of?
Eclaircissements is the plural of eclaircissement.

Words near eclaircissements in the dictionary

  1. eclaircise
  2. eclaircised
  3. eclaircises
  4. eclaircising
  5. eclaircissement
  6. eclaircissements
  7. EClaire
  8. eclairs
  9. eclampsia
  10. eclampsias
  11. eclampsic

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