- proditorious
- prod·i·to·ri·ous
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proditorious
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Proditorious — Prod i*to ri*ous, a. [Cf. OF. proditoire.] [1913 Webster] 1. Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous. [Obs.] Daniel. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt to make unexpected revelations. [Obs.] Nature is proditorious. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
proditorious — |prädə|tōrēəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin proditus + Middle English orious archaic : apt to betray secret thoughts … Useful english dictionary
-orious — a compound suffix forming adjs., consisting of ous (L. ōsus), added to L. ōri in ōri us, a, um (see ory). Instances of this occur in med.L., as in victōri ōs us, F. victori eux victorious, f. victōria victory; but most of the Eng. examples are… … Useful english dictionary
