Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SE-DI'TIOUS
SE-DI'TIOUS, a. [Fr. seditieux; L. seditiosus.]
- Pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife.
- Tending to excite sedition; as, seditious words.
- Disposed to excite violent or irregular opposition to law or lawful authority; turbulent; factious, or guilty of sedition as, seditious citizens.
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