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adjective
1.
2.
pertaining to or connected with superstition: superstitious legends.
3.
believing in, full of, or influenced by superstition.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English supersticious < Latin superstitiōsus, equivalent to superstiti(ō) superstition + -ōsus -ous
1350–1400; Middle English supersticious < Latin superstitiōsus, equivalent to superstiti(ō) superstition + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
su·per·sti·tious·ly, adverb
su·per·sti·tious·ness, noun
o·ver·su·per·sti·tious, adjective
o·ver·su·per·sti·tious·ly, adverb
o·ver·su·per·sti·tious·ness, noun
EXPANDun·su·per·sti·tious, adjective
un·su·per·sti·tious·ly, adverb
un·su·per·sti·tious·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
superstitious
late 14c., from O.Fr. superstitieux, from L. superstitiosus, from superstitionem (nom. superstitio) "prophecy, soothsaying, excessive fear of the gods," perhaps originally "state of religious exaltation," related to superstes (gen. superstitis) "standing over or above," also "standing by, surviving,"
EXPANDfrom superstare "stand on or over, survive," from super "above" (see super-) + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). There are many theories for the L. sense development, but none has yet triumphed. Superstition is attested from 1402. In Eng., originally especially of religion; sense of "unreasonable notion" is from 1794.
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