Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Capuchin's tirade; a weak sermon or discourse.
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Examples
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"Si Chateaubriand avait eu nom Durand ou Dupont, qui sait si son Génie du Christianisme n'eût point passé pour une capucinade?"
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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