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matriotic en · ADJ

Etymology

matriot + -ic. First use appears c. 1811. See cite below.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Of or pertaining to a matriot.
    • the sportive fancy of a lively people had produced a variety of matriotic devices, and the magnificence that reigned on every side was worthy of a city that fame had proclaimed the capital of the East. 1811, James Lawrence, The Empire of the Nairs; Or, The Rights of Women - An Utopian Romance, in Twelve Books, Volume 1, page 102: