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è-Բé

[ a-ryer-pahn-sey ]

noun

French.
plural è-Բés
  1. a mental reservation; hidden motive.


è-Բé

/ ɛɑ̃ /

noun

  1. an unrevealed thought or intention
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of è-Բé1

C19: literally: behind thought
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The study of didactic literature addressed to nuns, in order to assist them in a godly way of life, leads to the consideration of another type of didactic literature, didactic however with an è-Բé, being concerned to point out and to condemn evils which had crept into monasteries.

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There was nothing kept back—no è-Բé—no false coloring; her real character came out forcibly in this painful confession.

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He possessed a virtue rare among artists, that of gratitude without è-Բé.

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She pronounced the last word as if it was spelt “ate,” and I felt the blood rush to my cheeks, feeling speechless for a time, but I recovered soon after, as I told myself that most likely mamma had no è-Բé.

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But Delia, while bearing her part as brightly and intelligibly as ever in conversation with her host, was conscious of an absorbing è-Բé—that, if there were such a thing as a day of paradise, she was going through just that.

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