subalternate
1 of 2adjective
sub·alternate
(¦)səb+
1
: inferior in quality or status : subordinate
a subalternate art
a study subalternate to his earlier work
2
[sub- + alternate] : nearly alternate but with a tendency to become opposite
the secondary lateral veins of a pinnate leaf are often subalternate
subalternately adverb
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subalternate
2 of 2noun
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: a particular logical proposition that follows by immediate inference from a universal one of like quality and identical terms
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Medieval Latin subalternatus, past participle of subalternare to subordinate, from Late Latin subalternus subordinate
- no more
- no more mr. nice guy
- not have a hair out of place
- not have a leg to stand on
- not have a pot to piss in
- not have a stitch on
- not have any use for
- not have it in one
- not have the faintest idea
- not have the faintest idea/notion
- not have the faintest notion
- not have the faintest/slightest idea
- not have the foggiest
- not have the slightest idea
- not have to
- not have to be that way
- not hear of
- not hear the end of it
- not in a billion years
- not in a hurry
- not in a million years
- not in a thousand years
- not in any hurry
- not in any/a hurry
- not in one's right mind