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Definition of Nonsensicalness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsensicalness
Literary usage of Nonsensicalness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brook Farm: Its Members, Scholars, and Visitors by Lindsay Swift (1900)
"... enjoying the fun well enough, yet rather laughing with a perception of the
nonsensicalness than at all entering into the spirit of the thing. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (non-sen'-se-tiv) n.'t. One that wants sense or perception.
nonsensicalness, (non-sen'-se-kal- nes) n. ». Ungrammatical jargon ; foolish
absurdity. ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"... in a book * which found its way into the hands of Condorcet and others ; but
my denunciation was not heard. Aä to the rest, the nonsensicalness and mis- ..."
4. Emerson at Home and Abroad by Moncure Daniel Conway (1882)
"laughing with a perception of its nonsensicalness than at all entering into the
spirit of the thing." And now let us turn to the memories of Margaret Fuller ..."
5. A Guide to Russian Literature (1820-1917) by Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1920)
"For this purpose they write nonsense which is artistically indecent and the
nonsensicalness of which is so loud that you cannot fail to hear it. ..."
6. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"Unmeaning or ungrammatical language; trifles, things of no importance.
nonsensicalness, nón-fín'-fy. ..."
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