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  • noun Plural form of agelast.

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  • We have in this world men whom Rabelais would call agelasts; that is to say, non-laughers; men who are in that respect as dead bodies, which if you prick them do not bleed.

    Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • We have in this world men whom Rabelais would call agelasts; that is to say, non-laughers; men who are in that respect as dead bodies, which if you prick them do not bleed.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

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