repertitious

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adjective

Found by chance.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiverepertitious (comparative more repertitious, superlative most repertitious)

comparative more repertitious · superlative most repertitious

  1. obsoleterareFound by chance.

    Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise.

    1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, s.v. "Repertitious"
  2. obsoleterareFound thanks to advice.

    Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise.

    1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, s.v. "Repertitious"

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Origin

  1. Latinrepertīcius“newly found”
  2. Englishrepertitious

From Latin repertīcius (“newly found”), from repertus (“found, discovered, invented”), from reperīre (“to find, discover, invent”), from re- (“again, anew”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), + -īcius (“-itious”), under influence of English -ious, q.v. Cognate with repertible and repertor.

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APA

repertitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertitious

MLA

“repertitious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertitious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repertitious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertitious.

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