Definition of Archnesses

1. archness [n] - See also: archness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archnesses

archly
archmage
archmages
archmagi
archmagician
archmagicians
archmarshal
archmarshals
archmodernist
archmodernists
archmurderer
archmurderers
archnemeses
archnemesis
archness
archnesses
archo-
archon
archons
archonship
archonships
archontate
archontes
archonts
archosaur
archosaurian
archosaurian reptile
archosaurians
archosauromorph
archosauromorphs

Literary usage of Archnesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"... gallantly pressing their fingers and responding to their becks and archnesses, he ruminated on his defences before he should accost her father. ..."

2. The Deist, Or, Moral Philosopher: Being an Impartial Inquiry After Moral and by Richard Carlile (1819)
"is, like many other archnesses of a similar nature, hardly becoming the character of a doctor in divinity ! Among these is the quibble by which you affect ..."

3. Charles Dickens: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Frederic Beecher Perkins, Hippolyte Taine (1870)
"These kitchen prettinesses and archnesses recall the contrast of George Sand's pictures of interiors. For instance, the chamber of the flower- girl ..."

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