Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous.
- Apt to disclose or make known.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous.
- adjective obsolete Apt to make unexpected revelations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Treacherous ,traitorous .
Etymologies
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From late Latin proditorius + -ous.
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Examples
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-- The eye, then, Sir Thomas, is proditorious, and I will not gainsay its honest testimony: yet would I rather endeavour to profit by the reprehension than seek to show that it was uncalled for.
Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society Robert Southey 1808
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