torcularious

English

Etymology

From the Latin torculārius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôr'kyo͞olâʹrĭəs, IPA^(key): /ˌtɔːkjuːˈlɛəɹɪəs/

Adjective

torcularious (not comparable)

1. (rare) Of or belonging to a (wine or oil) press.

References

• “Torcularious” listed in Thomas Blount’s Glossographia [1st ed., 1656]
    Torcularious…, of, or belonging to a Presse that squieseth grapes.
• Edward Phillips, compiler (1658) “Torcularious”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC, column 1: “'Torcularious', (lat[in]) belonging to a Vine preſſe.”
• “Torcularious” listed in Elisha Coles’ English Dictionary [1717]
    Torcularious, l. of a wine-рreſs.
• “† Torcula·rious, a.” listed as a subentry of “To·rcular, a.” on page 159 of volume X, part I (Ti–U), § i (Ti–Tz) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1926]
• “†torcuˈlarious, a.” listed as a subentry of “ˈtorcular, a.” in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]