viscousness

Example Sentences

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He says: "Who especially has more delightfully hit off the duchesses and viscountesses of the Restoration period!"

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

We are all fairy duchesses, marchionesses, countesses, viscountesses, and baronesses.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

He treated the strangers to a distant bow, and, without looking at them, took his seat with a nonchalant ease, becoming a man who travelled with viscountesses, and was at home in the best company.

From The Castle Inn by Weyman, Stanley John

The peeresses preceded their respective lords—each rank of the peerage being classed together; that is, the baronesses preceding the barons, the viscountesses the viscounts, and so forth.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles