plagiary
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Etymology
Origin of plagiary
1590–1600; < Latin plagiārius kidnapper, equivalent to plagi ( um ) kidnapping (akin to plaga snare) + -ārius -ary
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Sheridan caricatured him as Sir Fretful Plagiary, in the "Critic."
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny
In 1779 appeared The Critic, a literary satire, in which the chief character is that of Sir Fretful Plagiary.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
To which is added, An Advertisement about the late Irregular Reviving of this Tragedy; with a Copy of Verses to the Plagiary.
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
He has therefore no reason to complain, and I dare say that, like Sir Fretful Plagiary, he is rather 'pleased' than otherwise.
From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
Nature seem’d here to have play’d the Plagiary, and to have molded into Substance the most refined Thoughts of inspired Poets.
From Incognita; or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd by Congreve, William
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