Vicinal (adj)
vis-ai-nal
(rare) Neighbouring; adjacent.
Early 17th century from French, or from Latin vicinalis, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.
Example sentences
“The streets run vicinal to each other.”
Orison (noun) o-riz-un (archaic) A prayer. Middle English from Old French oreison, from Latin oratio(n-) ‘speech’ (see oration). (more…)
Incongruent (adj) in-kon-gru-ent Incongruous; incompatible. Late Middle English from Latin incongruent-, from in- ‘not’ + congruent- ‘meeting together’ (see congruent). (more…)
Quercine (adj) kwer-seen Of, relating to, or resembling oak or oak trees; consisting of oaks. Formerly also: †made of oak, oaken (obsolete). Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas…
Wattle (noun/verb) wat-l A material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches. The act of making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods…
Patache (noun) pat-ash (historic) A boat or small ship used for communication between the vessels of a fleet; a dispatch-boat. A small horse-drawn carriage used in France. Late 16th century;…
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