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[ shuh-her-uh-zah-duh, -zahd, -heer- ] / ʃəˌhɛr əˈzɑ də, -ˈzɑd, -ˌhɪər- /
noun(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life. (italics) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov. Words nearby Scheherazadescheduler, Scheele, Scheele's green, scheelite, schefflera, Scheherazade, Scheie's syndrome, Scheldt, Schelling, schema, schematic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ScheherazadeHe compares himself to Scheherazade, whose survival was based on her ability to weave tale after tale. Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’|Jimmy So|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I believe in storytelling as deeply as Scheherazade did,” says the Iranian novelist Laleh Khadivi. Charles Simic: Why You Should Be an Immigrant, For the Sake of Your Writing Career|Charles Simic|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Marton diverted his attention by spinning amusing stories until he fell asleep, just as Scheherazade did. 12 Revelations in Kati Marton’s Memoir ‘Paris: A Love Story’||August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Keith lusts for Scheherazade and Lily provokes and even encourages him toward her. Martin Amis' Sexual Revolution|Olivia Cole|May 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Did Scheherazade herself ever imagine a stranger story than this? Strange Stories from History for Young People|George Cary Eggleston His existence, in the boyish imagination, was more adventurous than that of any hero of Scheherazade. The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter There is a new story every morning, and nobody to cut off the head of the Scheherazade. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals|Charles Edward Stowe O'Mally, half hidden behind a tree, wondered if he had not fallen asleep over some tale by Scheherazade and was not dreaming this. The Lure of the Mask|Harold MacGrath A heavy bronze incense burner pours forth fumes of Bichara's Scheherazade. The Merry-Go-Round|Carl Van Vechten
Cultural definitions for Scheherazade
The sultan's wife who narrates the Arabian Nights. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |