fortalice
English
Alternative forms
- fortilice
Etymology
From mediaeval Latin fortalitia, from fortis ‘strong’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔːtəlɪs/
Noun
fortalice (plural fortalices)
- (archaic) A small fortress.
- 1819: Tell them whatever thou hast a mind of the weakness of this fortalice, or aught else that can detain them before it for twenty-four hours. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Translations
a small fortress
|
|