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superstitious

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. superstitious (adjective)
  2. superstitious use (noun)

su·per·sti·tious

adj \-ˈsti-shəs\

Definition of SUPERSTITIOUS

: of, relating to, or swayed by superstition <a superstitious ritual>
— su·per·sti·tious·ly adverb
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Examples of SUPERSTITIOUS

  1. He's very superstitious and won't pitch without his lucky mitt.

Origin of SUPERSTITIOUS

Middle English supersticious, from Anglo-French supersticius, from Latin superstitiosus, from superstitio
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with SUPERSTITIOUS

adscititious, adventitious, avaricious, cementitious, expeditious, inauspicious, injudicious, meretricious, Red Delicious, repetitious, subreptitious, suppositious, surreptitious

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