versute
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin versūtus, from vertö, versum (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /vɚˈsut/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈsjuːt/
- Rhymes: -uːt
- Hyphenation: ver‧sute
Adjective
editversute (comparative more versute, superlative most versute)
- crafty; wily; artful
- 1851, John James Blunt, Undesigned coincidences in the writings both of the Old and New Testament, page 12:
- a more versute and specious forgery
Anagrams
editLatin
editAdjective
editversūte
References
edit- “versute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “versute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.