Associations to the word «Watteau»

Wiktionary

WATTEAU BACK, noun. The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.
WATTEAU BACKS, noun. Plural of Watteau back
WATTEAU BODICE, noun. A kind of bodice with short ruffled sleeves.
WATTEAU BODICES, noun. Plural of Watteau bodice

Dictionary definition

WATTEAU, noun. French painter (1684-1721).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca