Latinisticadj.
/latɪˈnɪstɪk/ Pertaining to or characterized by Latinism; characteristic of a Latinist.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic > Latinizing or Latinized
Latinizing1642
Latinized1807
hyperlatinistic1819
Latinistic1886
Latinical1892
Latinate1904
1804 S. T. Coleridge Let. 10 Mar. in Lit. Remains (1836) II. 413 [Sir T. Browne's diction is] hyperlatinistic.
1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) VII. viii. 23 The classical enthusiasm of the Renaissance is on the point of expiring in those Latinistic artifices.
Derivatives
Latiˈnistical adj.
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1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible 45 Latinistical words are to be found in the New Testament.
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adj.1723- give houseroom
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- give in charge (to
- give in evidence
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- give into the custody of
- give into the hands of
- give it
- give it a bit of a nudge
- give it a burl
- give it a fly
- give it a name