alary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin alarius, from ala (“wing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
alary (comparative more alary, superlative most alary)
- Pertaining to wings.
- 1658: the Butterfly bloomes of leguminous plants, the lower leaf closely involving the rudimental Cod, and the alary or wingy divisions embracing or hanging over it. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 205)