diagonial
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]diagonial (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of diagonal.
- (obsolete) diametrically opposed
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- Sin […] is […] in hostility with law past all atonement; both diagonal contraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together in one hemisphere.
References
[edit]- “diagonial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.