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DE QUINCEY
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• DE QUINCEY (noun)
The noun DE QUINCEY has 1 sense:
1. English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
Familiarity information: DE QUINCEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
De Quincey; Thomas De Quincey
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
I glanced over them, noting with astonishment such names as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Poe, and De Quincey.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The habit grew upon him, as I understand, from some foolish freak when he was at college; for having read De Quincey’s description of his dreams and sensations, he had drenched his tobacco with laudanum in an attempt to produce the same effects.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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