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An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.

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  1. An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.
  2. An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literarywomen of the French salons of the 17th century.