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sundrous

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Etymology

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Apparently from sunder +‎ -ous, modelled after wondrous.

Adjective

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sundrous (comparative more sundrous, superlative most sundrous)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Various, sundry.
    • 1968, Chemisch weekblad, volume 64, page xlii:
      For the reaction constants, where the concentrations enter in sundrous powers, it would be still more diffecult[sic] to keep the corresponding changes in mind.
    • 1980, Nigeria, Bulletin on Foreign Affairs - Volume 10, Issues 6-7, page 201:
      We recall the sundrous efforts by well-meaning African leaders to resolve the unwarranted crisis in the sub-region.
    • 2012, Paul Quarrington, The Life Of Hope:
      I have since visited sundrous establishments.
    • 2016, M.S. James, A Superior Body of Men:
      Accused of stealing 29 bottles of wine and sundrous [sic] other items