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Definition of Quidnuncs
1. quidnunc [n] - See also: quidnunc
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quidnuncs
Literary usage of Quidnuncs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"... club of quidnuncs, or her own GD i. 270 Have you лае s fen, at G.'s narrow pass
S. vi. 104 Guilt. Pomps without g. of bloodless swords and mares D. \. ..."
2. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Daubeny, Daubeny, Charles, 1795-1867 (1843)
"... which, they told me afterwards, was regarded by the quidnuncs of Washington,
as portending something important, either for good or for evil, ..."
3. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1815)
"O! deny not so humble a suit— Let your servant, dear friend, send me back QUERIES
FOR quidnuncs. [From the same, July 16.] ' THE MATRIMONIAL DISAPPOINTMENT. ..."
4. The Projector: A Collection of Essay, in the Manner of the Spectator by Alexander Chalmers (1817)
"There is one class of quidnuncs to whom the substitutes now mentioned would be *»f
no use. I mean to the Croakers, who are never happy unless completely ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Theodore Tilton in One Volume: With a Preface by Theodore Tilton (1897)
"A QUERY FOR quidnuncs: Is the Earth a Real World, or is it only a Phantasm ?
THE scene of the following poem is in the western part of Syria—amon!i the ..."
6. Notes Abroad and Rhapsodies at Home by William Rae Wilson (1837)
"RHAPSODY ON quidnuncs. CARLS- RUHE. WE were recommended, before proceeding further
on our journey, to visit the valley of Gernsbach, — that being, it seems, ..."
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