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MAETERLINCK
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• MAETERLINCK (noun)
The noun MAETERLINCK has 1 sense:
1. Belgian playwright (1862-1949)
Familiarity information: MAETERLINCK used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belgian playwright (1862-1949)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Count Maurice Maeterlinck; Maeterlinck
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
Context examples
The attack upon the Maeterlinck school could not have been made at a more opportune moment.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
His revenge came when she defended Maeterlinck and he brought into action the carefully-thought-out thesis of "The Shame of the Sun."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Maeterlinck's followers rallied around the standard of mysticism.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was a deliberate attack on the mysticism of the Maeterlinck school—an attack from the citadel of positive science upon the wonder- dreamers, but an attack nevertheless that retained much of beauty and wonder of the sort compatible with ascertained fact.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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