† inˈfectuous, a. Obs.
[f. L. (post-class.) infectu-s (u-stem) dyeing + -ous; cf. OF. infectueux (1381 in Godef.). Cf. affectuous, defectuous.]
= infectious.
| 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xviii. lxvi. (W. de W.), The brethe of a lyon stynketh and is ryght infectuous [MSS. infectiue] and contagyous. 1530 Rastell Bk. Purgat. iii. vii. 3 Nature shall expulse those infectuos humours. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 52 Venemous and infectuous Plants. a 1626 Bacon New Alt. Sylva, etc. (1676) 243 The nature of the sickness of our men was not infectuous. 1747 Col. Rec. Pennsylv. V. 106 There was a very infectuous Distemper. |