superstitious
adjUK /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/ · US /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/
Etymology From Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstitiōsus, from superstitio + -ōsus.
1
Susceptible to superstitions.
- Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated, page 81:
2
Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
3
Archaic Overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous.
- Synonyms
- freety
- Derived terms
- hyperstitious, nonsuperstitious, oversuperstitious, stupidstitious, superstitiously, superstitiousness, unsuperstitious
- Related terms
- superstition