The earliest site from the OED is "1600 FAIRFAX Tasso XIV. xliv, How comate, crinite, caudate starres are fram'd I knew.", which probably means something to someone.
Dictionary.com won't: 1. adj., hairy. 2. adj., Botany, Entomology. having long hairs, or tufts of long, fine or limp hairs. Also: n., a fossil crinoid.
A word so obscure, so difficult, so recondite, that Merriam Webster would like to charge me money before divulging its meaning.
The earliest site from the OED is "1600 FAIRFAX Tasso XIV. xliv, How comate, crinite, caudate starres are fram'd I knew.", which probably means something to someone.
Dictionary.com won't:
1. adj., hairy.
2. adj., Botany, Entomology. having long hairs, or tufts of long, fine or limp hairs.
Also:
n., a fossil crinoid.
A word so obscure, so difficult, so recondite, that Merriam Webster would like to charge me money before divulging its meaning.