Meanings
comparative more mediterraneous · superlative most mediterraneous
- obsoleteinland
[W]e have taken a much leſs height of the Mountains than is requiſite, if we reſpect the Mediterraneous Mountains, or thoſe that are at a great diſtance from the Sea; […]
1684, Thomas Burnet, “A General Account of Noahs Flood; […]”, in The Theory of the Earth: […], London: […] R[oger] Norton, for Walter Kettilby, […], →OCLC, book I (Concerning the Deluge, and the Dissolution of the Earth), page 111 more example
[S]urely the concretion is minerall, according as is delivered by Boetius; for either it is found in mountaines and mediterraneous parts, and ſo it is a fat and unctuous ſublimation in the earth concreted and fixed by ſalt and nitrous ſpirits wherewith it meeteth; […]
1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Bodies Electricall”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 82
Origin
Adapted borrowing of Latin mediterrāneus + -ous.
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