| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Corneille, Pierre |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Cor·neille |
| PRONUNCIATION: | kôr-n  |
| DATES: | 16061684 |
| French playwright whose works, including Le Cid (c. 1637) and Horace (1640), dramatize grand moral themes within elegant verse.
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