Insected
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or relating to an insect. not-comparable, obsolete
"if a Bee wer as big as a Bull, it must have a ſting proportionable, and what miſchiefs do you think ſuch ſtings would do, when we can hardly endure the ſting of that ſmall inſected animal[…]?"
Example
More examples"if a Bee wer as big as a Bull, it must have a ſting proportionable, and what miſchiefs do you think ſuch ſtings would do, when we can hardly endure the ſting of that ſmall inſected animal[…]?"
Etymology
From insect + -ed.
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