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idoneous, a. Now rare.|aɪˈdəʊniːəs|
[f. L. idone-us fit, suitable + -ous.]
Apt, fit, or suitable.
a1615Brieue Cron. Erlis Ross (1850) 5 Quhilk Mark abbot enterit in the monasterie..and fande the said place destitute of idonius personis, ornamentes, etc. 1626Waterf. Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 337 Two idoneows and decent persons shall be..elected wardens of the said yeelde. 1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. ii. 71 Salt-peter is slowly generated in the earth by gradual..Alterations of some Idoneous Matter. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 39 An Ecclesiastical Benefice..ought to be conferr'd on an Idoneous Person. 1822Syd. Smith Ess. Wks. (1869) 418 A bitter, bustling, theological Bishop,..the idoneous vehicle of abuse against the Establishment.
Hence iˈdoneousness, fitness, idoneity.
1727Bailey vol. II, Idoneousness, fitness, meetness. 1848Blackw. Mag. Nov. 527 The scattered rays of idiosyncrasy and idoneousness. |