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In some senses, capernosity is marked as literary, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.
capernosity
noun 4
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3ADJ.
all, little, true
VERB + CAPERNOSITY
function
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
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Besides, my grandmother, who lived at the top of the next house, was a lady of capernosity and function. She had money and lay in bed all day, drinking porter or malt, and taking pinches of snuff, and talking to the neighbours that would call up to tell her the news of the day.
… in Howth they have a paper of their own, in which is reported the wedding of a girl from the Hill. The affair was carried out with function and capernosity, by all accounts …
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Besides, my grandmother, who lived at the top of the next house, was a lady of capernosity and function. She had money and lay in bed all day, drinking porter or malt, and taking pinches of snuff, and
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… in Howth they have a paper of their own, in which is reported the wedding of a girl from the Hill. The affair was carried out with function and capernosity, by all accounts …
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Myself and my brothers joined in this [singing], with function and capernosity, as true little Republicans …
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