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prodiˈtorious, a. Obs. or arch.
[f. prec. + -ious, as if from L. type *prōditōri-us.]
Traitorous, perfidious.
c1475Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 501 By usurpacion of that proditorious commission. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. (1807) II. 487 This reward reaped he for his proditorious attempts. 1641Prynne Antip. Ep. 1 The Capitalnesse of such a Concealement in these proditorious times.
b. fig. Apt to betray or reveal what is hidden or in the mind.
a1639Wotton Surv. Educ. in Reliq. (1651) 329, I will now hasten to those more solid and conclusive Characters, which..are emergent from the Minde; and which oftentimes do start out of Children when themselves least think of it: For let me tell you, Nature is Proditorious. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 74. 3/1 Blind to Events, however they might prove, Or Proditorious or Exitious. 1824Southey Colloquies on Soc. (1887) 140 The eye, then, Sir Thomas, is proditorious, and I will not gainsay its honest testimony. 1828― in Corr. w. C. Bowles (1881) 144 A strong brow, A proditorious eye, for no dislike Can lurk dissembled there. |