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Definition of Detraques
1. detraque [n] - See also: detraque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detraques
Literary usage of Detraques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1908)
"... Originaux et detraques and Lettres stir ['Education. Christmas in French Canada
he wrote in English. He also translated into French a number of works by ..."
2. Prints and Their Makers: Essays on Engravers and Etchers Old and Modern by Fitz Roy Carrington (1912)
"On the contrary, these two modern detraques present in their work a solidity of
construction and an absolute rectitude in the rendering of their moods and ..."
3. French Etchers of the Second Empire by William Aspenwall Bradley (1916)
"On the contrary, these two modern detraques present in their work a solidity of
construction and an absolute rectitude in the rendering of their moods and ..."
4. The Man of Genius by Cesare Lombroso (1891)
"Barbara wrote Les detraques. Buston described his own hallucinations. Allix,
though not a medical man, wrote on the treatment of the insane. ..."
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