(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:32:22

Sub`i*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. subitaneus. See Sudden.]

Sudden; hasty.

[Obs.] Bullokar. -- Sub`i*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]

 

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