septiferous en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From septum + -i- + -ferous.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
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septiferous en · ADJ · etymology 2
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Conveying putrid poison.
"What you did do," said his visitor, "was about the most dangerous thing that a doctor could be mixed up in." "Oh, no," replied Ellerslie, "he does a much more dangerous thing whenever he operates on a septiferous subject, whenever he enters a fever-stricken house. […]"
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC: