| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Dick·in·son |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d k n-s n |
| DATES: | 1830–1886 |
| American poet who was virtually a recluse at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she wrote more than a thousand verses infused with emotional depth and subtlety. The first volume of her poetry was not published until 1890.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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