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Definition of Nothingnesses
1. nothingness [n] - See also: nothingness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nothingnesses
Literary usage of Nothingnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... the general summary of pretentious nothingnesses, and the chief of all the
curses the Posterity of Adam are liable to in this sublunary world ! ..."
2. An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Pierre Bayle (1826)
"... with the utmost evidence, if he be but a little attentive, that several
nothingnesses of extension joined together, will never make an extension. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... and is miles ahead of the toiling Official Gentleman, all the way.* In the
dreary mass of longwinded ceremonial nothingnesses, and intricate Belleisle ..."
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