subalternal

English

Etymology

From Late Latin subalternus + -al.

Adjective

subalternal (comparative more subalternal, superlative most subalternal)

1. (obsolete) Subordinate.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , II.36:

     In comparison of which, it seemeth in Alexander subalternall, uncertaine, variable, effeminate and accidentall.