Recamier Definition

rākəm-yā, rā-käm-
noun
A couch or day bed typically having a high curved headboard and a low or absent footboard.
American Heritage
A type of couch, usually backless, with gracefully scrolled ends.
Webster's New World

An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest.

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Other Word Forms of Recamier

Noun

Singular:
recamier
Plural:
recamiers

Origin of Recamier

  • After Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier who was depicted reclining on such a couch in a portrait by Jacques Louis David

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French récamier, named after the 19th century French socialite Juliette Récamier.

    From Wiktionary

Recamier Sentence Examples

  • Mathieu de Montmorency and Mme Recamier were exiled for the crime of seeing her; and she at last began to think of doing what she ought to have done years before and withdrawing herself entirely from Napoleon's sphere.

  • His pictures are magnificent in their composition and their draughtsmanship; and his keen observation and insight into character are evident, especially in his portraits, notably of Madame Recamier, of the Conventional Gerard and of Boissy d'Anglas.

  • Attracted by Madame Recamier, he soon returned, and after an interview with Napoleon on the 10th of April, he became a supporter of his government and drew up the Acte constitutionnel.

  • Constant's political career was spoiled by his liaison with Madame de Stael, and at the Restoration was further disturbed by his unreturned passion for Madame Recamier.

  • Melegari in 1895; the semi-autobiographical Adolphe; his letters to Madame de Charriere; to Madame Recamier, edited by Madame Lenormant in 1882.

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