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Basilar

//ˈbas.ɪl.ə// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti. not-comparable, relational
  2. 2
    Lower, inferior, base. not-comparable

    "[…] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or located at the base wordnet

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (“a pedestal, foot, base”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (“base, basis”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (“cymbal-shaped”).

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