† contradictoriousadj.
Obsolete.
1. Opposite; = contrary adj. 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective]
contraryc1384
oppositec1392
contrariousc1400
contradictorious?a1475
objecta1542
overthwart1555
oppositive1578
opposed1598
opposing1609
adverse1623
obversea1656
counter-placed1678
opponent1728
counter1842
subtending1860
abapical1866
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 179 What distaunce is betwene cenit of oure hedde and a poynte contradictorious to hit in heuyn.
2. = contradictory adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adjective] > having quality or character of
again-sayingc1475
contradictious1604
contradictory1605
contradictorious1608
contradictional1641
contradictive1641
contradictorial1644
abnutive1682
Collyweston1875
1608 T. James Apol. Wickliffe 20 Their Bibles authorized are..contrarious, and contradictorious the one vnto the other.
1650 H. Parker Let. Due Censure J. Lilburne 11 This is therfore a contradictorious humor in you.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiv. 163 That..is the true Catholick Church..which has..the Laws and Usages of Christ and his Apostles, and nothing contradictorious thereunto.
Derivatives
contradicˈtoriously adv. contradictorily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adverb]
contradictorily1605
contradictoriously1647
contradictory1746
denyingly1824
1647 H. More Philos. Poems iv. xiv One soul in both doth thus Philosophise, Concludes at once contradictoriously To her own self.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.?a1475