lactarious, a. rare—0.
(lækˈtɛərɪəs)
[f. L. lactārius lactary + -ous.]
= lactary a.; ‘applied to some of the agarics which yield a milky juice’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855). Hence lacˈtariously adv. (jocular nonce-wd.) on milk diet.
| 1775 C. Sturges in J. Granger's Lett. (1805) 167 Her little boy goes on lactariously well. |