subalternal
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin subalternus + -al.
Adjective edit
subalternal (comparative more subalternal, superlative most subalternal)
- (obsolete) Subordinate.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.36:
- In comparison of which, it seemeth in Alexander subalternall, uncertaine, variable, effeminate and accidentall.