Quaquaversal (adj)
kwa-kwa-vur-suhl
(Geological) Dipping, pointing or occurring in every direction.
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Athenian Gazette. From classical Latin quāquā versus on all sides (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also quaquaversum on all sides (400 in Augustine), wherever + -al.
Example sentences
“He laid the tiles in quaquaversal fashion, starting in the centre.”
“The quaquaversal dip of the land meant we could venture no further.”
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