Lexicographical Neighbors of Archnesses
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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