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mediterraneous

mediterraneous adjective: inland.

Adjective

mediterraneous (comparative more mediterraneous, superlative most mediterraneous)

  1. (obsolete) inland
    • [S]urely the concretion is minerall, according as is delivered by Boetius; for either it is found in mountaines and mediterraneous parts, and ſo it is a fat and unctuous ſublimation in the earth concreted and fixed by ſalt and nitrous ſpirits wherewith it meeteth; […]1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Bodies Electricall”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 82
    • [W]e have taken a much leſs height of the Mountains than is requiſite, if we reſpect the Mediterraneous Mountains, or thoſe that are at a great diſtance from the Sea; […]1684, Thomas Burnet, “A General Account of Noahs Flood; […]”, in The Theory of the Earth: […], London: […] R[oger] Norton, for Walter Kettilby, […], →OCLC, book I (Concerning the Deluge, and the...

Forms of mediterraneous

comparativemore mediterraneous
superlativemost mediterraneous

Origin of mediterraneous

Adapted borrowing of Latin mediterrāneus + -ous.

Questions about mediterraneous

What does mediterraneous mean?
Mediterraneous means inland.
What part of speech is mediterraneous?
Mediterraneous is an adjective.

Words near mediterraneous in the dictionary

  1. Mediterraneanized
  2. Mediterraneanizes
  3. Mediterraneanizing
  4. Mediterraneanness
  5. Mediterraneans
  6. mediterraneous
  7. Mediterranid
  8. Mediterranids
  9. Mediterrany
  10. Medithermal
  11. meditomedine

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