name taken from 1718 by French author François Marie Arouet after his imprisonment in the Bastille on suspicion of having written some satirical verses; originally de Voltaire. The signification is uncertain.
Volstead
volt
Volta
voltage
voltaic
Voltaire
volte-face
voltmeter
volubility
voluble
volume
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