† locusticaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of, relating to, or resembling a locust or locusts.
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1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 203/2 Such engendred Maggots, as in another Sense do nest in our Author's Locustical Doctrines.
a1763 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1814) I. 194 Tho', all to a man, Translators adopt the Locustical plan.
1855 London Mail 9 Jan. 717/3 The servants were locustical by habit and repute.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1699- to walk a the like through
- to walk a turn
- to walk about
- to walk afoot
- to walk all over
- to walk all over a person
- to walk and chew gum at the same time
- to walk antipodes to
- to walk around
- to walk at rovers
- to walk away
- to walk away from
- to walk away with
- to walk before one can run
- to walk chesty
- to walk down
- to walk down the aisle
- to walk etc on one's uppers
- to walk free
- to walk guard
- to walk home
- to walk hots
- to walk in
- to walk in a net
- to walk in a person's footsteps