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meteorous, a.
(ˈmiːtɪərəs, also poet. miːˈtiːərəs)
[f. Gr. µετέωρ-ος raised on high, µετέωρ-α neut. pl. meteor + -ous.]
= meteoric.
1667Milton P.L. xii. 629 Gliding meteorous, as Ev'ning Mist..o're the marish glides. 1720Pope Iliad xxiv. 101 Iris..Meteorous the face of ocean sweeps. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 68 ⁋3 Meteorous pleasures which dance before us and are dissipated. 1807F. Wrangham Serm. Transl. Script. 1 The wavering and meteorous glare of the Eighth Henry. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1859) II. 343 We must conclude that there are meteorous beings, whose eccentric orbits we know not how to describe. 1882Sutton in Society 7 Oct. 16/1 Thy wavering, meteorous, quixotic indulgence [said of a comet]. |