conforaneous

conforaneous
adjective /kɒnfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/
Of the same court or marketplace.<ref name="OED"/><ref name="Glos.">Glossographia; or, a dictionary interpreting the hard words of whatsoever language, now used in our refined English tongue by (1656)  Conforaneous, of the same Court or Market place.</ref><ref name="E. Coles">An English Dictionary: Explaining the Difficult Terms that are used in Divinity, Husbandry, Physick, Phylosophy, Law, Navigation, Mathematicks, and Other Arts and Sciences by (1676), [ page 68]  Conforaneous. l. of the ſame Court or Market-Place.</ref>

In times of scarcity, wardens of the peace patrolled the city’s streets to deter the conforaneous vendors’ less scrupulous competition strategies.


Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • conforaneous — …   Useful english dictionary

  • forum — noun /ˈfɔːɹəm/ a) A place for discussion. Trish was an admin member on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them. b) A gathering for the purpose of discussion. See Also: conforaneous …   Wiktionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”