parietary

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Inherited from Middle English peritorie, from Anglo-Norman paritarie, peritorie, from Late Latin parietāria (“the herb pellitory (noun)”), from parietarius (“of or belonging to a wall (adjective)”), which the modern English form has been remodelled on. Compare pellitory, parietal.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪət(ə)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪəˌtɛɹi/

parietary (plural parietaries)

1. (botany) Any of several species of Parietaria.

   Synonym: pellitory

parietary (not comparable)

1. (rare) parietal

• “parietary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.