astripotent
English
Etymology
From Latin astripotens, likely through Middle French astripotent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əsˈtɹɪpətənt/, /æsˈtɹɪpətənt/
Adjective
astripotent (comparative more astripotent, superlative most astripotent)
- (obsolete) That rules the stars.
- (Can we date this quote?), MS. Harl. 2551, folio 29:
- The high astripotent auctor of all.
Noun
astripotent (plural astripotents)
- (archaic) The ruler of the stars.
- 1653, Sir Thomas Urquhart, translating François Rabelais, The Romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel:
- I latrially venere the supernal Astripotent.
References
- James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “ASTRIPOTENT”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 101, column 2.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin astripotens.
Noun
astripotent m (plural astripotents)
- The ruler of the stars.
- 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel:
- Je venere latrialement le supernel astripotent.
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