Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A bounding with springs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Abounding with springs.
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vendingmachine commented on the word scatebrous
What kind of springs? Bedsprings?
January 14, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word scatebrous
I love that one definition has "abounding" and the other has "a bounding."
January 15, 2020
ry commented on the word scatebrous
scateo/scatere in Latin is to "bubble, gush, spring forth" so it probably refers to springs in the hydrologic sense
January 16, 2020