donner un soufflet à vaugelas

Vaugelas (1585-1650) was a celebrated writer on French grammar, one of the first members of the Académie Française, and one of the chief contributors to its Dictionary. Comp. Molière , Les Femmes Savantes, ii. 7: “Elle y met Vaugelas en pièces tous les jours.” Donner un soufflet à Ronsard was also used, and, in the Middle Ages, Casser la tête de Priscien, from the famous grammarian of the fourth century.]\n[Compare Si.