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 Merveilleuse (3 syl., French).Mesopota’mia. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mes’merism.
 
So called from Friedrich Anton Mesmer, of Mersburg, in Suabia, who introduced the science into Paris in 1778. (1734–1815.)   1
 


 Merveilleuse (3 syl., French).Mesopota’mia. 

 
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