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belle dame sans merci

noun

Etymology

From French [Term?] (literally “beautiful woman without mercy”). La Belle Dame sans Merci is the title of a ballad produced by the English poet John Keats in 1819; this was derived from the title of a 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier, La Belle Dame sans Mercy.

  1. derived from poet John Keats in 1819; this was derived from the title of a 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier
  2. derived from [Term?] — “beautiful woman without mercy”

Definitions

  1. A beautiful woman who seduces a man and then consigns him to an unpleasant fate.

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