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‖ Nivose|nɪˈvəʊz|
[F. Nivôse, ad. L. nivōsus snowy: see nivosity.]
The fourth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending (in 1793–94) from 21 Dec. to 19 Jan.
1802C. Wilmot Let. 3 Jan. in Irish Peer (1920) 21 Sunday—3rd Jany. 1802. 13 Nivose, An 10. 1838H. Nicolas Chronol. Hist. (ed. 2) 184 The French Republicans..used the number of the day of each month of their Calendar. For example: 1,2,..30 Nivose. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 266/2 He arrested and transported one hundred and thirty persons, whom he knew to be innocent of the plot... This is Nivose, an act as enormous as Fructidor, and with a perfidy of its own. 1957Ibid. IX. 804/1 The winter months were Nivôse, the snowy, Pluviôse, the rainy, and Ventôse, the windy month. 1972R. Cobb Reactions to French Revol. iv. 134 On 7 Nivôse year VI (27 Dec. 1798), the Ministre..reported to his colleague. |