The Duchess's Collection
The Great
Dictionary of the Duchess of Crestignac
“A well-chosen word is worth more than a long, well-mannered silence.”
The words, neologisms and turns of phrase coined by the Duchess of Crestignac, gathered from her writing notebooks and arranged in alphabetical order.
La Duchesse de Crestignac
Manuscript edition — Château de Crestignac
The lexicon
Index of entries
Opening the dictionary…