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suppedaneous

suppedaneous adjective: beneath the feet, or supporting the feet.

Adjective

suppedaneous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Beneath the feet, or supporting the feet.
    • pendulosity , they having no support or suppedaneous stability1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of suppedaneous

From sub- + Latin pes, pedis (“a foot”). Compare Latin suppedaneum (“a footstool”).

Questions about suppedaneous

What does suppedaneous mean?
Suppedaneous means beneath the feet, or supporting the feet.
What part of speech is suppedaneous?
Suppedaneous is an adjective.

Words near suppedaneous in the dictionary

  1. Suppas
  2. suppawn
  3. suppawns
  4. supped
  5. suppedanea
  6. suppedaneous
  7. suppedaneum
  8. suppeditate
  9. suppeditated
  10. suppeditates
  11. suppeditating

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