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Definition of Incestuousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incestuousness
Literary usage of Incestuousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"incestuousness, (in-ses'-tn us-nes) ns State of incest. INCH, (lush) n. ».
A measure of length supposed equal to three grains of barley laid end to end ..."
2. Poet Lore (1907)
"Go, bid her rise up from the bed of her abominations, from the bed of her
incestuousness, that she may hear the words of him who prepareth the way of the ..."
3. Representative One-act Plays by British and Irish Authors by Clark, Barrett Harper, 1890- (1921)
"Go, bid her rise up from the bed of her abominations, from the bed of her
incestuousness, that she may hear the words of him who prepareth the way of the ..."
4. The Dramas of Sophocles Rendered in English Verse, Dramatic and Lyric by Sophocles (1888)
"... Nor wedded her I have my being from: Whom now no God will bless, 1360 Child
of incestuousness In her that bare me, being the spouse of her; ..."
5. The Daughter of Jorio: A Pastoral Tragedy by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1907)
"Go, bid her rise up from the bed of her abominations, from the bed of her
incestuousness, that she may hear the words of him who prepareth the way of the ..."
6. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"... but that the knowledge of the horrible incestuousness of this match should
still and ever be concealed from the young couple, who thought of nothing but ..."
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