Chypre (noun)
sheep-re
A heady perfume made from Sandalwood.
Late 19th century from French, literally ‘Cyprus’, perhaps where it was first made.
Example sentences
“She’d gone but the heady chypre clung in the air.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
