Antoine Baudeau de Somaize

Antoine Baudeau, sieur de Somaize (born c. 1630) was a secretary to Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin. He published a Grand Dictionnaire des Prétieuses, ou La Clef de la Langue des Ruelles[1] in 1660; a much enlarged edition was published in 1661. The same year he published a comedy, Le Procez des prétieuses, en vers burlesques.[2]

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  1. The ruelle is the narrow space between a daybed and the wall of its alcove, permitted only to the most intimate company.
  2. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Château d'Oron.

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