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i·vo·ry tow·erالتركية النطق
ayvri tauırالنطق
/ˈīvrē ˈtouər/ /ˈaɪvriː ˈtaʊɜr/
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() While the term is used in Song of Solomon 7:4, its meaning is literal. The current figurative meaning comes from French tour d'ivoire, attributed to Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, who used it in Les consolations poem to compare the poet Alfred de Vigny (more isolated) with Victor Hugo (more socially engaged)(fr) Joseph Delorme, Poésies complètes de Sainte-Beuve, Charpentier et Cie, 1869, p. 374, . The first known written use in English is H. L. Bergson's Laughter (1911) by Frederick Rothwell and Cloudesley Shovell Henry Brereton.(en) The Phrase Finder