† inviousadj.
Obsolete.
Having no roads or ways; pathless, trackless.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [adjective] > envious
sickOE
envious1340
envyinga1382
emulous1609
invious1622
invidious1668
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > trackless, pathless
waylessOE
gatelessc1175
pathless1596
untracked1603
untracted1610
unpatheda1616
invious1622
trailless1884
1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xiv. 180 Sertorius..could..leape broken and vnpasseable Rockes, and like inuious places.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 192 If nothing can oppugne love, And Virtue invious wayes can prove.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 8 Invious and inaccessible Rocks.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > the state of being trackless, pathless
inviousness1710
pathlessness1851
waylessness1874
1710 R. Ward Life H. More 15 Ἀπορία, Inviousness and Emptiness.
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