éblouissement

French

Etymology

From éblouir (“to dazzle”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.blu.is.mɑ̃/
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Noun

éblouissement m (plural éblouissements)

glare, dazzle
- 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter XIV, in Les Misérables‎, volume I:
  La méditation humaine n’a point de limite. À ses risques et périls, elle analyse et creuse son propre éblouissement.
  Human meditation has no limits. At his own risk and peril, it analyzes and digs deep into its own bedazzlement.
dizziness

Further reading

“éblouissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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