† scatuˈriginous, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. scatūrīgin-ōsus, f. scatūrīginēs pl. gushing waters, f. scatūrīre: see scaturient and -ous.]
Full of or abounding in springs. In quots. fig.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Scaturiginous,..that bursts out, or runs over, out of which water riseth. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 36. 2/1 Our Querist..has exhausted his Scaturiginous Brains, to explore Epithets. 1709 Ibid. II. No. 64. 2/2 Thou..from whose Scaturiginous Inventive Faculty, such a Multiplicity of Horisonant Phrases arise. |