stirious
English
Etymology
Latin stiria (“an icicle”).
Adjective
stirious (comparative more stirious, superlative most stirious)
- (obsolete) Resembling icicles.
- 1646-72, Sir Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors
- Chrystal is found sometimes in rocks, and in some places not much unlike the stirrious or stillicidious dependencies of ice.
- 1646-72, Sir Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors
See also
- stillicidious
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stirious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)