lutarious

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lutarius, from lutum (“mud”).

Adjective[edit]

lutarious (comparative more lutarious, superlative most lutarious)

  1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.
    • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
      A SCALY TORTOISE SHELL. It seems to be of the Lutarious kind

References[edit]

“lutarious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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