Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Resembling a
ladder ; formed withsteps .
Etymologies
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Latin scalaris, from scale, plural scala, staircase, ladder.
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Examples
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For that cowlish deliverance, their scalary losings, their papal spoliations, and other such their figments, they cannot find.
Sermons on the Card Hugh Latimer 1858
frogapplause commented on the word scalary
Not many examples of this word.
May 6, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word scalary
It is off the scale.
May 6, 2010