Definition of Cummings

1. Noun. United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962).

Exact synonyms: E. E. Cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cummings

cumidine
cumin
cumin seed
cuminic
cuminil
cuminol
cumins
cummer
cummerbund
cummerbunds
cummers
cummin
cumming
cummings (current term)
cummingtonite
cummingtonites
cummins
cumquat
cumquats
cumrags
cums
cumshaw
cumshawed
cumshawing
cumshaws

Literary usage of Cummings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"Archibald cummings; MA Rector of the said Church, and Commissary to the Bishop of London. ... 17914 cummings. An Exhortation to the Clergy of Pennsylvania, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The plaintiffs sold to the firm of Cleaveland, cummings & Woodruff, ... 15th; and on the 24U) of October sold to Cleaveland, cummings & Woodruff merchandise ..."

3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1914)
"cummings Major, 6th S., XIV, 161. cummings, Alexander 'В., 6th S., X, 287. ... cummings, James, 6th S., I, 121; III, 970; VII, 597. cummings, Jesse, 6th S., ..."

4. Art and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French (1878)
"Thomas S. cummings, born in 1804, may be claimed in the history of the State, ... Another claim which Connecticut may have upon Mr. cummings is, ..."

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