Skip to content

Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

Read full poem →

noun

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.

Know more →
Back To Dictionary

Dictionary Entry

grandeur

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ɚ/Used In Literature ↓

The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.

Origin

Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.

Common Phrases

. grandeurgrandeur moralgrandeur la
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.

Poetry examples for grandeur

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

of the principal beauties of a horse, and the epithet has, from the uncommon uac of oither

part of the compound word in this sense, an antique dignity and grandeur in sound that poets

much delight in.*' Edwards tneers at this 3 but surely Mr, Seward's argument is judidous ']

Read full poem →

and indulgencies, which are so much inconsistent with the flourishing

trade and grandeur of the nation. As for the engagements of lives and

fortunes, the common compliment of addressers, we confess we have a

Read full poem →

compliments and reluctancies, was decently toppled from all his

grandeur, into the impartial flames; the crafty devil leaving his

infallibilityship in the lurch, and laughing as heartily at his

Read full poem →