Associations to the word «Oeuvre»

Wiktionary

ŒUVRE, noun. Alternative spelling of oeuvre
OEUVRE, noun. A work of art.
OEUVRE, noun. The complete body of an artist's work.

Dictionary definition

OEUVRE, noun. The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats