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† fruˈstraneous, a. Obs.
Also 7 erron. frustaneous.
[f. L. type *frustrāne-us (f. frustrā in vain) + -ous. Cf. It. and Sp. frustraneo.]
Vain, useless, ineffectual, unprofitable.
a1643J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 4 Though hee saw how frustranious [sic] and empty all his intendments and purposes were. 1649Milton Eikon. 53 A most insufficient and frustraneous meanes. 1653Gauden Hierasp. 74 Frustaneous and vain desires. 1665G. Harvey Advice agst. Plague 25 This, if frustraneous, is fortified with Diascord. or Laud. Op. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 317 Their real Substance to evade, And have their Force frustraneous made. 1780J. Howie Faithf. Contend. Pref. 10 It were frustraneous to insist upon a portrait of that here.
Hence † fruˈstraneously adv., vainly.
1689G. Harvey Curing Dis. by Expect. 2 From which the Patient day by day frustraneously expecting relief. |