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Ventose   Listen
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Ventose  n.  The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vendemiaire.






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"Ventose" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Republic, and he said, He was reason and wisdom and goodness and love; justice, order, and life. The ideas of the almanac-makers came back to him also, and it was splendid to hear him talk of the "Pluviose" the season of rains, of "Nivose" the season of snows, of "Ventose" season of winds, and "Floreal, Prairial, and Fructidor." He said the ideas of men in those times were more closely allied to God's, while July, September, and October meant nothing, and were only invented to confuse and obscure everything. Once on this subject it was plain that he could ...
— Waterloo - A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 • Emile Erckmann



Words linked to "Ventose" :   Revolutionary calendar month, Revolutionary calendar



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