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sortilegious

US/sɔɹt.ɪˈliːd͡ʒəs/

sortilegious adjective: pertaining to sortilege, sorcerous.

Adjective

sortilegious (comparative more sortilegious, superlative most sortilegious)

  1. Pertaining to sortilege, sorcerous
    • Despite the sortilegious lighting, this is not a traditional witches' brew but a turtle soup being tested for her cookbook.1970 April 10, “The Good Witch Of The West”, in Life, page 69

Synonyms of sortilegious

Forms of sortilegious

comparativemore sortilegious
superlativemost sortilegious

Origin of sortilegious

From French sortilègeux.

Words that rhyme with sortilegious

Questions about sortilegious

What does sortilegious mean?
Sortilegious means pertaining to sortilege, sorcerous.
What part of speech is sortilegious?
Sortilegious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sortilegious?
Sortilegious is pronounced /sɔɹt.ɪˈliːd͡ʒəs/ (US).

Words near sortilegious in the dictionary

  1. sortilegers
  2. sortileges
  3. sortilegi
  4. sortilegic
  5. sortilegies
  6. sortilegious
  7. sortilegus
  8. sortilegy
  9. sortilin
  10. sortilins
  11. sorting

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