Baudelaire
- proper noun
- /boʊdəˈlɛr/
- Literature
- But alas, my mission is not to weave happy endings where they do not occur, but to report the actual events in the lives of the unfortunate Baudelaire children.
- Baudelaire orphans
- Baudelaire children
- Klaus Baudelaire
Examples
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This particular morning it was gray and cloudy, which didn't bother the Baudelaire youngsters one bit.
Fiction book (1999) -
Klaus Baudelaire, the middle child, loved books, or rather, the things he learnt from books.
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"The three Baudelaire siblings looked at him.
Fiction book (1999) -
Violet was the oldest Baudelaire, and usually she was not shy at all.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mr. Poe was a banker who had been placed in charge of handling the affairs of the Baudelaire orphans after their parents died.
Fiction book (2000) -
Violet Baudelaire, the eldest, was one of the finest 14-year-old inventors in the world.
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The Baudelaires had triumphed, a word which here means "unmasking a cruel and talentless arsonist, "and solving the mystery of the Baudelaire fire."
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Mr. Poe was waving his handkerchief in the air to signal a taxi to stop, and in no time at all, the cabdriver piled all of the Baudelaire suitcases into the trunk, and Mr. Poe piled the Baudelaire children into the back seat.
Fiction book (2000) -
There are few truly happy moments in the lives of the Baudelaire children.
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Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire were intelligent children; they were charming, resourceful, and had pleasant facial features.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Baudelaire as the surname of the three orphan children in Lemony Snicket comes from that same French family name and is likely a nod to the poet Charles Baudelaire. So, thinking of the name as linked to the poet's 'dark' and poetic mood helps you remember the gloomy, literary feel of the stories.