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statary

statary adjective: fixed; settled.

Adjective

statary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete outside biology) Fixed; settled.
    • Eciton army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle alternating between a nomadic phase and a statary phase. In the statary phase they remain in the same location every night.
    • The set and statary times of paring of nails and cutting hair.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of statary

Latin statarius (“standing fast”), from stare (“to stand”).

Questions about statary

What does statary mean?
Statary means fixed; settled.
What part of speech is statary?
Statary is an adjective.

Words near statary in the dictionary

  1. statal
  2. statampere
  3. statamperes
  4. statant
  5. statarianly
  6. statary
  7. statch
  8. statcoulomb
  9. statcoulombs
  10. state
  11. state aid

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