appositeadj.
/ˈapəzɪt/ΚΠ
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Apposite, put or set to.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) , etc.
2. Well put or applied; appropriate, suitable (to).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > apt or apposite
happya1400
germanea1525
conferent?1541
well-applieda1586
nicking1598
apt1600
punctual1609
apposite1621
collineant1638
pat1647
apropos1691
felicitous1789
treffend1850
bang on1936
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. ii. 316 A most apposite remedy.
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) sig. A11 Her language is not copious but apposit.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 82 The Types are so apposite.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lv. 48 Mastery of apposite and homely illustrations.
1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness i. 6 The truth most apposite to the whole argument.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1701 J. Pomfret Two Love Poems i. 5 In all Discourse she's Apposite and Gay.
1788 H. Walpole in Reader 7 Oct. 1865, 392/3 Qualified to talk on any subject; easy, agreeable, and apposite in their observations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > adjacency > placing in > that which is placed
apposite1677
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 516 The negation of it implies a contradiction in the Adject or an Opposite in an Apposite.
5. See opposite n., adj., adv., and prep.
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