novitious

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/nəʊˈvɪʃəs/

adjective

new; recent

OriginLatin novitius →
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Meanings

adjectivenovitious (comparative more novitious, superlative most novitious)

comparative more novitious · superlative most novitious

  1. obsoletenew; recent

    What is now taught by the Church of Rome is, as an unwarrantable, so a novitious interpretation.

    1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

Origin

  1. Latinnovitius
  2. Englishnovitious

From Latin novitius, novicius.

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Chicago

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