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à l'oiseau royal

/a l‿wa.zo ʁwa.jal/

adjective/a l‿wa.zo ʁwa.jal/

feathered, plumed, crested

"Creeping up these very stairs," he thought, "maybe sixty years ago, some happy youth, long since mouldering in his grave, would have gone through into that same bedroom at a time like this, dressed in an embroidered tunic, with his hair done à l'oiseau royal, clutching a three-cornered hat to his breast; and the heart of his ancient lover has stopped beating only today...