versute

English

Etymology

From Latin versūtus, from vertö, versum (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /vɚˈsut/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈsjuːt/
Rhymes: -uːt
Hyphenation: ver‧sute

Adjective

versute (comparative more versute, superlative most versute)

crafty; wily; artful
- 1851, John James Blunt, Undesigned coincidences in the writings both of the Old and New Testament, page 12:
  a more versute and specious forgery

Anagrams

revestu, vertues, vesture

Latin

Adjective

versūte

vocative masculine singular of versūtus

References

“versute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“versute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
versute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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