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- adjective
Outrageous ;tasteless .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Buch, als die rechte Quintessenz der Greisenheit, unschmachhaft, ja abgeschmackt Alles sollte notwendig sein und deswegen kein Gott.
Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918
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The Buddha [199] and Mohammed [200] and their companions and many Christian saints are incrusted with a heavy jewelry of anecdotes which are meant to be honorific, but are simply abgeschmackt and silly, and form a touching expression of man's misguided propensity to praise.
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The Buddha [200] and Mohammed [201] and their companions and many Christian saints are incrusted with a heavy jewelry of anecdotes which are meant to be honorific, but are simply abgeschmackt and silly, and form a touching expression of man's misguided propensity to praise.
Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876
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“Alte Kirchen haben dunkle Glaeser” “Wie Kirschen und Beeren schmecken, muss mann Kinder und Sperlinge fragen” ” dies waren unsere Lust und Leibworte: und so schien uns jenes Buch, als die rechte Quintessenz der Greisenheit, unschmachhaft, ja abgeschmackt Alles sollte notwendig sein und deswegen kein Gott.
Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914
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