pedetentousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˌpɛdɪˈtɛntəs/

形容詞

pedetentous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
   • 1838, Sydney Smith, Lord John Russell:

     that pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk

参照

• “pedetentous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.