Associations to the word «Vendemiaire»

Wiktionary

VENDÉMIAIRE, proper noun. (historical) The first month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the autumnal equinox (September 22, 23 or 24).

Dictionary definition

VENDEMIAIRE, noun. First month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvest.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats