Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Capuchin's tirade; a weak sermon or discourse.

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Examples

  • "Si Chateaubriand avait eu nom Durand ou Dupont, qui sait si son Génie du Christianisme n'eût point passé pour une capucinade?"

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

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