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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

conceptious en · ADJ

Etymology

From concept + -ious?

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) conceivable, fruitful, or aware
    • Ensear thy fertile and conceptious wombe c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

Forms

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most conceptious Degree=Sup lexicographic
more conceptious Degree=Cmp lexicographic