enceinte
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Its remains include an identifying tell mound, at the northern end of the site, a polygonal inner wall circuit, and a large outer defensive wall, or enceinte.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
And when Annette Bening appeared at the Academy Awards in 2000, gloriously enceinte in a dark gown, it sparked “a revolution,” Ms. Fuller said.
From New York Times • May 15, 2013
Professor Perrin thinks Americans had better stick to American words and not fool around with such tony Gallicisms as chic, enceinte and demimonde.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the girls who are enceinte, that "sack" will be O.K., and the rest of us will just cinch in the side seams and add a swishy cummerbund.
From Time Magazine Archive
The body of the building was massive and bare, united by strong ramparts forming an enceinte irregular with severe appearance.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
