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Word: gravesa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gnaeus Robertulus Gravesa . . . was born in a suburban villa at the tenth milestone from Londinium, when L. Salisburi-us was sole Consul, in the year following the death of A. Tennisonianus Laureatus, whom the deified Victoria raised to patrician rank. It is handed down that the infant [wore] a beastlike scowl, which already gave assurance of ... a mute and cynical habit of mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Meet Robertulus | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

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