insessorial

English

Etymology

From modern Latin Insessores ‘perchers’, from Latin insidere (“sit upon”), from in- + sedere (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnsɛˈsɔːɹɪəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

insessorial

1. pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     Bruno stood by the fire of sticks and pineknots, nursing his coffee, his cock snub and insessorial in the codpiece of his curt briefs.