inimicous

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English

Etymology

Latin inimicus.

Adjective

inimicous (comparative more inimicous, superlative most inimicous)

Obsolete form of inimical.
- 1664, J E, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. , London: Jo Martyn, and Ja Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, , →OCLC:
  Hemlock and Rue are said to be inimicous

References

“inimicous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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