succedaneous

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adjective

Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.

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Meanings

adjectivesuccedaneous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.

    Hence the cure of the gout, by our artificial oyls, analogous and succedaneous to the natural.

    1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 16
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APA

succedaneous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succedaneous

MLA

“succedaneous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succedaneous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “succedaneous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succedaneous.

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