See Also: seditious(dictionary)

seditious (iou)



seditious adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French seditieux or Latin seditiosus, from seditio: see SEDITION, -IOUS.]
Given to or guilty of sedition; practising sedition. LME.
W. Robertson Reducing to obedience their seditious chieftain. J. O. Dykes An illegal or possibly seditious club.
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of sedition; tending to provoke sedition. LME.
seditious libel: maligning the sovereign or the sovereign's family, advocating the violent overthrow of the government, etc.
I. D'Israeli To Charles..the tumultuous acts of the great leaders, appeared seditious.
seditiously adverb LME.
seditiousness noun L16-M18.