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Definition of Scornfulness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scornfulness
Literary usage of Scornfulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Legacy: Being the Life and Remains of John Martin, Schoolmaster and Poet by John Martin, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1878)
"... Too much fermented hy the lurid sun Of primal, present sin; their lives have
run, Through weedy pathways into helplessness ; Hate, scornfulness, doubt, ..."
2. Poems by James Clarence Mangan, John Mitchel (1859)
""My feeling towards Man is one of utter scornfulness," Said Lady Eleanora von
Alleyne. "My feeling towards Man is one of utter scornfulness, ..."
3. A System of Moral Science by Laurens Perseus Hickok (1853)
"scornfulness is thus a more direct and gross breach of courtesy, ... This may
include both arrogance and scornfulness, and adds thereto the maliciousness ..."
4. Anthologia Germanica =: German Anthology : a Series of Translations from the by James Clarence Mangan (1845)
"My feeling towards Man is one of utter scornfulness," Said Lady Eleanora von ...
My feeling towards Man is one of utter scornfulness, And he that would ..."
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