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insessorial

/ɪnsɛˈsɔːɹɪəl/

insessorial adjective: pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching.

Adjective

insessorial

  1. pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching
    • Bruno stood by the fire of sticks and pineknots, nursing his coffee, his cock snub and insessorial in the codpiece of his curt briefs.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

insessorial meaning in Bengali

insessorial in Bengali

ডালে বসতে সক্ষম, বসার উপযোগী

Origin of insessorial

From modern Latin Insessores ‘perchers’, from Latin insidere (“sit upon”), from in- + sedere (“sit”).

Words that rhyme with insessorial

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Questions about insessorial

What does insessorial mean?
Insessorial means pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching.
What is insessorial in Bengali?
Insessorial in Bengali is ডালে বসতে সক্ষম, বসার উপযোগী. See Insessorial meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is insessorial?
Insessorial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce insessorial?
Insessorial is pronounced /ɪnsɛˈsɔːɹɪəl/.

Words near insessorial in the dictionary

  1. inservient
  2. inserving
  3. insession
  4. insessions
  5. insessor
  6. insessorial
  7. insessors
  8. inset
  9. INSET day
  10. INSET days
  11. insets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: insessorial (page history and authors); insessorial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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