araphostic

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæɹ.əˈfɑs.tɪk/^[1]^[2]

Adjective

araphostic (not comparable)

Alternative form of araphorostic
- 1828, Hugo's Cordial Drops for the Country, page 4:
  For the New University what a prognostic, When the shoe-makers call certain shoes Araphostic!
- 1833, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 34 , page 674:
  Greek was made fashionable a few years ago by the Phil-Hellenists—araphostic sandals were worn by every body

References

^ “araphostic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
^ Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1906)

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