rectilineous

English

Adjective

rectilineous (comparative more rectilineous, superlative most rectilineous)

1. Obsolete form of rectilinear.
   • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

     there are only three rectilineous and ordinate figures , which can serve to this purpose ; and inordinate , or unlike ones , must have been not only less elegant and beautiful , but unequal

References

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