Oriental
/ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/ noun C2- A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.
- A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
- A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
Plural Orientals
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Monte Cristo quickly appreciated all that Albert had collected here—old cabinets, Japanese porcelain, Oriental stuffs, Venetian glass, arms from all parts of the world—everything was familiar to him; and at the first glance he recognized their date, their country, and their origin.
“I have passed a considerable part of my life in the East, madame, and you are doubtless aware that the Orientals value only two things—the fine breeding of their horses and the beauty of their women.”
“And the more, madame,” said Monte Cristo, “as the Orientals do not confine themselves, as did Mithridates, to make a cuirass of his poisons, but they also made them a dagger.
The Orientals are stronger than we are in cases of conscience, and, very prudently, have no hell—that is the point.”
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