alcoviste

Updated: January 16, 2026

The celebrated Julia d'Angennes was beloved by the Duke de Montausier, but fourteen years elapsed ere she would yield a "yes." When the faithful Julia was no longer blooming, the Alcoviste duke gratefully took up the remains of her beauty. Their more curious project was the reform of the style of conversation, to purify its grossness, and invent novel terms for familiar objects.

Isaac Disraeli - Literary Character of Men of Genius: Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions