TRIBUNICIAN

Etymology

Adjective

tribunician (comparative more tribunician, superlative most tribunician)

(Ancient Rome) Pertaining to a Roman tribune.

Source: Wiktionary


Trib`u*ni"cian, Trib`u*ni"tial, Trib`u*ni*tian, a. Etym: [L. tribunicius, tribunitius: cf. F. tribunitien.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority. Dryden. A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is recognized to be wrong. Hare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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