释义 |
† suppeˈdaneous, a. Obs. rare. [f. late L. suppedāneus: see next and -eous.] Placed under or supporting the feet; of the nature of a footstool, pedestal, or the like; also applied to a mountain lying at the foot of another.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xiii. 254 He had slender legs, but encreased them by riding after meales; that is, the humours descending upon their pendulosity, they having no support or suppedaneous stability. 1656Blount Glossogr., Suppedaneous, belonging to a foot-stool, or anything that is set under the feet. 1659H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 263 Seeing it is suppedaneous, the Pedestal to support nobler truths. a1711Ken Hymnotheo viii. Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 240 Hymnotheo..Strait to a suppedaneous Mountain went. |