| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.[Websters]
2. Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.[Websters] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb erecto-patently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (erecto-patently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective erecto-patent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ERECTO-PATENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
