astripotent

English

Etymology

From Latin astripotens, likely through Middle French astripotent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əsˈtɹɪpətənt/, /æsˈtɹɪpətənt/

Adjective

astripotent (comparative more astripotent, superlative most astripotent)

1. (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)

1. (archaic) The ruler of the stars.
   • 1653, Sir Thomas Urquhart, translating François Rabelais, The Romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel‎^[1]:

     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

• antiprotest

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin astripotens.

Noun

astripotent m (plural astripotents)

1. The ruler of the stars.
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel‎^[2]:

     Je venere latrialement le supernel astripotent.

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