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Definition of Superfetations
1. superfetation [n] - See also: superfetation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superfetations
Literary usage of Superfetations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"As a pure expression of a master mind the Reims design is superior, even though
overlaid with florid superfetations which vitiate it at some points. ..."
2. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1850)
"Those interested in the mooted questions of hereditary transmissions, superfetations,
and so forth, will also find among our authors' indicative ..."
3. Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"... forced expressions:" in tenderness to Shakespeare, these he held to be " not
so much defects, but superfetations," which are to be ascribed to the times ..."
4. Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1864)
"... of the great poet: but the deformities of the bard would be too intelligible,—
all those parts which Pope would have struck out as •• superfetations. ..."
5. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... and superfetations of wit, not distinguishable but by the thread of his own
art, which clued men into their several and distinct apartments. ..."
6. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... and superfetations of wit, not distinguishable but by the thread of his own
art, which clued men into their several and distinct apartments. ..."
7. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1828)
"... the Apostle had great reason to take care, lest, by the greatness and
superfetations of trouble, they should be tempted to forsake, and be vexed out of ..."
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