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collatitious

collatitious adjective: characterised by the contributions of many people.

Adjective

collatitious (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Characterised by the contributions of many people.
    • The Greeks and Romans[…]had certain entertainments which they called collatitious feasts, where every guest that was invited contributed his share to the repast.1806 October, Thomas Moore, “Pic-Nics”, in The Universal Magazine, volume 6, page 314
  2. (obsolete) Relating to the digestive system and other associated organs, such as the liver and pancreas.
    • nor was there any morbid alteration in the collatitious organs.1848, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 38

Origin of collatitious

Borrowed from Latin collātītius, later form of collātīcius (“brought together, raised by contribution”). See collation.

Questions about collatitious

What does collatitious mean?
Collatitious means characterised by the contributions of many people.
What part of speech is collatitious?
Collatitious is an adjective.

Words near collatitious in the dictionary

  1. collationed
  2. collationer
  3. collationers
  4. collationing
  5. collations
  6. collatitious
  7. collatiue
  8. collative
  9. collator
  10. collators
  11. collats

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