limitary (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a limit or boundary.
That limits or restricts.
Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.
• military
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"i*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L.limitaris. See Limit , v. t.]
1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." Milton.
2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. "The limitary ocean." Trench. The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey.
3. Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive. Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power. Milman.
Lim"i*ta*ry, n.; pl. -ries (.
1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
