10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUPIDINOUS»
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cupidinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Sources and Analogues of the Canterbury Tales
As Willa Babcock Folch-Pi first pointed out,44 a fairly close analogue to the first of
Chaucer's alchemist's deceptions of the gullible and cupidinous priest exists in
the Felix Libre de Meravelles (Felix or Book of Wonders), composed c. 1288 by ...
Robert M. Correale, Mary Hamel, 2005
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A Dictionary in Hindi and English
Libidinous, cupidinous. «Rr*?t adj Libidinous, lustful, impassioned, fond, wanton ;
cupidinous ; loving ; busy. «./. A lump of gold. adj. Cupidinous, desiroui, or lustful,
libidinous. lustful. ». /. A woman libidinous or ». m. Oblation of water to ...
Joseph Thomas Thompson, 1884
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A Dictionary, Sanscrit and English: Translated, Amended and ...
Ibirl. mfn. (iii-Elli.) Libidinous, cupidinous. filed. W f. (JR) 1 Membrum virile. Hem.
3, 274. ' A plant, (lpomuea Quamoclit.) ' f. (in) Trumpet flower, (Bignonia
suaveolens.) S'abd. BI. a. sun and iji a flower stalk. WEE m. (4F) A name of
ANIRCDI)'HA.
Horace-Hayman Wilson, 1819
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Gardens and the Passion for the Infinite
But when one reverses the order of the senses, going from sight to touch, one
traces the course of cupidinous love via the bodily senses. . . . Touch is the goal
of cupidity and the starting point of charity; sight is the starting point of cupidity
und ...
International Society for Phenomenology, Fine Arts, and Aesthetics. Conference Harvard Divinity School), Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2003
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A Dictionary in Sanscrit and English
(-fi-f¢il-fil) Dosirous, cupidinous, covetous, greedy. z. in! desire, ail' Kfd. inn mfn. (
diam-W.) Desirable. m. (411:) A sort of bean, (Pha~ seolus mungo.) a. I)! to covet
or desire, azf 06:. in: m. (41:) A tail, a hairy tail. a. 1m rut, ail. nit. imii m (in A hare.
Horace Hayman Wilson, 1832
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The Wandering Knight, His Adventurous Journey, Or, A ...
First, in that he is a child: for, every one who is held in thraldom by the leading-
strings of his cupidinous desires, let his age be what it may, is justly said and held
to be both childish and foolish, and of all good sense devoid. Nor need we look ...
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Our Savage Art: Poetry and the Civil Tongue
I look and no longer sigh for the impossible, panting over a cupidinous coffee like
an old setter that has stopped chasing pigeons. The peaches of summer? Oh,
you think, he means breasts. But what is that setter doing panting over a ...
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A Dictionary of the Hindee Language
Rinfani^, »*• (/• i"i) free from greediness. WIWMT, more com. 3WTTT, q. v. 3TWTT
»I, /. the fire or lust of greed. JmTURT in Braj WTTfT, q.v. HIWT, m. (/. inl) a greedy
person, etc. : hi. desirous, eager, covetous, avaricious, cupidinous. irrw, m. hair, ...
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A dictionary of high and colloquial Malayalim and English: ...
<fl>G£2>)§o CS"oSlo96i mra ; To coin ; to mint, to stamp money. c&(gnta, eiOfbo.
s. One who is lustful, cupidinous. c8>3G> Oolajrrb. <&>[Qo, &c. adj. 1. Desirous,
cupidinous. QarOJflaifllcQjgig). 2. red. 3. beautiful, handsome. <3oC/5k£ty^&.
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Rhetorics of Reason and Desire: Vergil, Augustine, and the ...
In finding an obscure or ambiguous (read: cupidinous) spot in the Scriptures, we
experience charity as we turn from the literal cupidinous reading to the implied
higher charitable meaning. In the turning, in the movement itself, lies the way to ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUPIDINOUS»
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cupidinous is used in the context of the following news items.
The 'Ring' cycle in Melbourne
... Brünnhilde waved a spear, every Wotan sported a winged helmet, and the lecherous, cupidinous gnome Alberich was always a gross anti-Semitic caricature. «The Monthly, Sep 13»
'Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus,' by Lisa Jarnot
For instance, in one of his major works, “A Poem Beginning With a Line by Pindar,” he tosses off a neatly witty paradox — “Cupidinous Death! «Washington Post, Feb 13»
