diaprer

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French diaspre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dja.pʁe/
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Verb[edit]

diaprer

  1. (transitive) to variegate, diaper; to iridize
    • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier jour d'un condamné, section II:
      Je demeurais immobile, l’esprit à demi endormi, la bouche souriante, l’œil fixé sur cette douce réverbération dorée qui diaprait le plafond.
      I stayed motionless, my spirit half-asleep, my mouth smiling, my eye fixed on that soft, golden echo sparkling on the ceiling.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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