diagonial

English

Adjective

diagonial (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of diagonal.
2. (obsolete) diametrically opposed
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     Sin […] is […] in hostility with law past all atonement; both diagonal contraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together in one hemisphere.

References

• “diagonial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gadolinia