endemialadj.
/ɛnˈdiːmɪəl/ = endemic adj.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent
commona1325
generala1393
usual1396
popular?a1425
riveda1513
vulgarc1550
current1563
afloat1571
widespread1582
penny-rife1606
catholic1607
spacious1610
epidemical1614
epidemial1616
epidemic1617
prevailent1623
regnant1623
fashionablea1627
wide-spreading1655
endemical1658
prevalent1658
endemiala1682
obtaining1682
prevailing1682
endemious1684
sterling1696
running1697
(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737
prevailant1794
exoteric1814
endemic1852
widish1864
prolate1882
going1909
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 6 Endemial and local Infirmities proper unto certain Regions.
1683 W. Harris Pharmacologia xiv. 255 The Dutch have a Natural, and Endemial aversion to all Emeticks.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 245 We find them subject to no particular endemial disorder.
1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 8 Another vice endemial among lawyers.
1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley III. xii. 237 Not one company of these endemial brigands was any longer to be heard of.
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