masterous

English

Etymology

From master +‎ -ous.

Adjective

masterous (comparative more masterous, superlative most masterous)

1. (obsolete) masterly
   • 1642 April, An Apology against a Pamphlet Call’d A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:

     illumine a period , to wreath an enthymema with masterous dexterity

References

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