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Webster 1913 Edition


Vernaculous

Ver-nac′u-lous

,
Adj.
[L.
vernaculus
. See
Vernacular
.]
1.
Vernacular.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2.
[L.
vernaculi
, pl., buffoons, jesters.]
Scoffing; scurrilous.
[A Latinism. Obs.]
“Subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator.”
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vernaculous

VERNAC'ULOUS

,
Adj.
[supra.] Vernacular; also, scoffing. Obs.

Definition 2024


vernaculous

vernaculous

English

Adjective

vernaculous (comparative more vernaculous, superlative most vernaculous)

  1. (obsolete) vernacular
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Browne to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete, Latinism) scoffing; scurrilous
    Subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator. Ben Jonson.