† cupstantialadj.
A humorous perversion of substantial, intended to suggest ‘drunken’: cf. cup n. 10.Apparently an isolated use.
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1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. I6v These be cupstantiall reasons, and well seasoned arguments.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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