Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Growing underneath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Growing underneath.
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- adjective
Growing underneath .
Etymologies
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Latin subnascens, p.pr. of subnasci to grow under; sub under + nasci to be born.
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Examples
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As the balls would rake the subnascent appendage, making it twinge with the sharp sting, he would cry out:
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