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1. Mi·chel Ey·quem [mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/, Seigneur de,1533–92, French essayist.

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1. Michel Eyquem de (miʃɛl ikɛm də). 1533–92, French writer. His life’s work, the Essays (begun in 1571), established the essay as a literary genre and record the evolution of his moral ideas