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noyeau

noyeau is the archaic spelling of noyau.

Meaning of noyau

Noun

noyau (countable and uncountable, plural noyaus or noyaux)

  1. A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
    • His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc.1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 178
  2. (countable, ethology) A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.
    • Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure.1966 August 26, Richard Ardrey, “Strongest Bond of All - The Space We Own”, in LIFE, page 58

Forms of noyeau

pluralnoyeaus

Questions about noyeau

What is noyeau the archaic spelling of?
Noyeau is the archaic spelling of noyau.

Words near noyeau in the dictionary

  1. noyaus
  2. noyaux
  3. NOYB
  4. Noyce
  5. Noyces
  6. noyeau
  7. noyeaus
  8. noyed
  9. Noyer
  10. noyers
  11. Noyes

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