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  • If Behn is not simply using comic exaggeration, he must have been unusually young-looking: "I durst have sworn thou hads't thy pusillage" implies he appeared to be too young for sexual activity.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk Carol Rumens 2010

  • If Behn is not simply using comic exaggeration, he must have been unusually young-looking: "I durst have sworn thou hads't thy pusillage" implies he appeared to be too young for sexual activity.

    Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk Carol Rumens 2010

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  • Pusillage means smallness; insignificance (OED).

    March 29, 2012