meteorous

adj

meteorous

adj

Etymology From meteor + -ous.

1

Archaic Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

  • From the other hill To their fix'd station, all in bright array, The cherubim descended, on the ground Gliding meteorous.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 1:

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