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Webster 1913 Edition


Scaturiginous

Scatˊu-rig′i-nous

,
Adj.
[L.
scaturiginosus
, fr.
scaturigo
gushing water. See
Scaturient
.]
Abounding with springs.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Scaturiginous

SCATURIG'INOUS

,
Adj.
[L. scaturigo.] Abounding with springs. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


scaturiginous

scaturiginous

English

Adjective

scaturiginous (comparative more scaturiginous, superlative most scaturiginous)

  1. Having a copious supply of springs or sources of water; vernal.
    • 1856: For their own protection, the tribes on the Susquehannah formed a league, which was strengthened by daily accessions of straggling families, scattered, as chance or fancy dictated, along the brook-sides or under the edge of some forest glade of the umbrose, scaturginious land. -- Winthrop Sargent & Robert Orme. The history of an expedition against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 under Major-General Edward Braddock. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, p96

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