ORVIETAN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue. [Obs.]

2.
n.

An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc.

3.
n.

A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.


← ORVET O — all words ORYAL; ORYALL →