insessorial
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From modern Latin Insessores ‘perchers’, from Latin insidere ‘sit upon’, from in- + sedere ‘sit’.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɪnsɛˈsɔːɹɪəl/
Adjective [edit]
insessorial
- pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching
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- 1974: Bruno stood by the fire of sticks and pineknots, nursing his coffee, his cock snub and insessorial in the codpiece of his curt briefs. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
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