† Copernico-ellipticaladj.
Obsolete.
Said of the Copernican theory as modified by supposing the planetary orbits elliptical.
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1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 225 The same..Bishop first Geometrically demonstrated, the Copernico-Elliptical Hypothesis to be the most genuine, simple, and uniform.
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adj.1677- plague mark
- plague patient
- plague pipe
- plague pit
- plague rat
- plague saint
- plague ship
- plague sore
- plague spot
- plague the life out of
- plague time
- plague year
- plague-corpuscle
- plague-infected
- plague-ridden
- plague-spotted
- plague-stricken
- plague-stripe
- plague-water
- plaguecorpuscle
- plagued
- plagueful
- plagueinfected
- plagueless
- plaguer