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The French form of Emilʹius. The hero of Jean Jacques Rousseau’s novel of the same name, and his ideal of a perfectly educated young man.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.