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Definition of Disfurnishment
1. n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
Definition of Disfurnishment
1. Noun. (archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disfurnishment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfurnishment
Literary usage of Disfurnishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"Thus furnished, by the very act of disfurnishment; getting rid of the cumbersome
luggage of riches, more apt (as one sings) To slacken virtue, ..."
2. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"... both by the testament of the late king Edward, and also by parentage, upon
the advantage of the time, and the disfurnishment of those parts, ..."
3. The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts by William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane (1916)
"Thus furnished, by the very act of disfurnishment; getting rid of the cumbersome
luggage of riches, more apt (as one sings) To slacken virtue, and abate her ..."
4. The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb, Josiah Hamilton Castleman (1908)
"Thus furnished, by the very act of disfurnishment; getting rid of the cumbersome
luggage of riches, more apt (as one sings) To slacken virtue, and abate her ..."
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