suppedaneous

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adjective

Beneath the feet, or supporting the feet.

OriginLatin pes →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivesuppedaneous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteBeneath the feet, or supporting the feet.

    pendulosity , they having no support or suppedaneous stability

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinsuppedaneum“a footstool”
  2. Latinpes
  3. Englishsuppedaneous

From sub- + Latin pes, pedis (“a foot”). Compare Latin suppedaneum (“a footstool”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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