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- noun The state or quality of being
eruptive .
Etymologies
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In addition, Thornton added a provisional class of words and phrases of which I have found earlier examples in American than in English writers; with the caveat that further research may reverse the claima class offering specimens in alarmist, capitalize, eruptiveness, horse of another colour (sic!), the jigs up, nameable, omnibus bill, propaganda and whitewash.
Chapter 1. Introductory. 6. The Materials of the Inquiry Henry Louis 1921
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"Men create by stoppage a volcano, and are then amazed at its eruptiveness."
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There is tragedy in Bismarck's soul, in its volcanic eruptiveness and its conflicts.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
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Mild-mannered commanding officers sometimes amaze their subordinates by most unlooked for and unwelcome eruptiveness of speech when they feel that an unwarrantable liberty has been taken.
A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Charles King 1888
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Parliament reflecting the popular opinion that law must be passed to temper Ireland's eruptiveness; for that man can be admired, and the
Celt and Saxon — Complete George Meredith 1868
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They create by stoppage a volcano, and are amazed at its eruptiveness.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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They create by stoppage a volcano, and are amazed at its eruptiveness.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Parliament reflecting the popular opinion that law must be passed to temper Ireland's eruptiveness; for that man can be admired, and the Celt, in combating him, will like an able and gallant enemy better than a grudgingly just, lumbersome, dull, politic friend.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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Parliament reflecting the popular opinion that law must be passed to temper Ireland's eruptiveness; for that man can be admired, and the Celt, in combating him, will like an able and gallant enemy better than a grudgingly just, lumbersome, dull, politic friend.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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They create by stoppage a volcano, and are amazed at its eruptiveness.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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