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Webster 1913 Edition


Piaculous

Pi-ac′u-lous

,
Adj.
Same as
Piacular
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Piaculous

PIAC'ULOUS

,
Adj.
[L. piacularis, from pio, to expiate.]
1.
Expiatory; having power to atone.
2.
Requiring expiation.
3.
Criminal; atrociously bad.
[These words are little used.]

Definition 2024


piaculous

piaculous

English

Adjective

piaculous (comparative more piaculous, superlative most piaculous)

  1. Obsolete form of piacular.
    • 1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (6th edition, book 3, chapter 25)
      And so, as Cæsar reports, unto the ancient Britains it was piaculous to taste a Goose, which dish at present no table is without.