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Definition of Arbitrarinesses
1. arbitrariness [n] - See also: arbitrariness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbitrarinesses
Literary usage of Arbitrarinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"They were not without evidences, however, that the long series of violences and
arbitrarinesses had borne fruit among the Chinese people. ..."
2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... barbarous Latin)," despite also such antiquated arbitrarinesses as the admission
as a fault in the Milton whom he so much admires, and in the Dante whom ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"To pick up the several arbitrarinesses and contradictions of this would be
superfluous. They are all too usual in English prosodic writings; and I daresay ..."
4. Music (1901)
"But, what is here superior, these arbitrarinesses are systematized, which they
are not to any extent in the present usage. I felt, during the preparation of ..."
5. The History of Music in Twelve Lectures: Translated from the German by Wilhelm Langhans (1886)
"That the arbitrarinesses in which the latter not seldom allowed himself to indulge
at the expense of beauty were little to SCHUBERT'S taste, ..."
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