aboriginary
aboriginary is the obsolete form of aboriginal.
Meaning of aboriginal
Adjective
aboriginal (comparative more aboriginal, superlative most aboriginal)
- First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
- Green in the Church-yard, beautiful and green; / […] / And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf / And everlasting flowers.1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Longman et al., page 277
- Synonyms:
- ancient, autochthonous, earliest, endemic, first, indigenous, native, original, primeval, primitive
- Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.
- Where else but from Nantucket did those aboriginal whalemen, the Red-Men, first sally out in canoes to give chase to the Leviathan?1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 2
Forms of aboriginary
| comparative | more aboriginary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aboriginary |
Origin of aboriginary
From aborigine + -ary.
Questions about aboriginary
- What is aboriginary the obsolete form of?
- Aboriginary is the obsolete form of aboriginal.
Words near aboriginary in the dictionary
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