vocable

Example Sentences

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The philanthropic spectator suffers from no scarcity of words to express his particular attitude if he desires to do so; why then should he not leave socialists the enjoyment of their vocable?

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

"Well might Adam Littleton call this an heptastic vocable, rather than a word."

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

The primitive vocable now conveyed a lively resentment, but there was the pleading of a patient sufferer in what followed.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

So similar to the Maya vocable Kaan, a tie, a rope; hence a clan: a number of people held together by the tie of parentage.

From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus

Sometimes he merely alters a letter or two; sometimes he twists off the head or the tail of the unfortunate vocable altogether.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)