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1. amburbial, adj. View full entry 1656
...lit. Connected with the circuit of a city; hence, Of or pertaining to the expiatory procession round the city of Rome....
2. hierogram, n. View full entry 1656
...A sacred symbol; a hieroglyph (lit. and fig.)....
3. miniate, v. View full entry 1670
...trans. To colour or paint with vermilion; to rubricate or (in extended use) to illuminate (a manuscript); (poet.) to impart a red colour or tinge to. Usu. in ...
4. multisonant, adj. View full entry 1656
...Producing many sounds; (also) making much noise....
5. mundivagant, adj. View full entry 1656
...That roams around the world....
6. nigrify, v. View full entry 1656
...trans. To blacken, to make black (lit. and fig.)....
7. omnivorous, adj. View full entry 1656
...lit. (chiefly Zool.). Feeding on or characterized by a varied diet of both plant and animal origin; contrasted with carnivorous, herbivorous, etc. Also: eating food...
8. pavid, adj. View full entry 1656
...Fearful, timid....
9. pavonine, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Chiefly literary. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a peacock....
10. plumbean, adj. View full entry 1656
...Resembling (that of) lead; leaden....
11. † redient, adj. View full entry 1656
...Returning....
