Conforaneous

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: kŏnfÉ™rāʹnÄ­É™s, IPA: /kÉ’nfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/

Origin

From Latin conforāneus ("using the same forum"), from con- ("with”, “together") + forum ("marketplace") + -āneus.

“†confoˈraneous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2

nd

1989

Full definition of conforaneous

Adjective

1. (rare) Of the same court or marketplace.Glossographia; or, a dictionary interpreting the hard words of whatsoever language, now used in our refined English tongue by Thomas Blount (lexicographer) (1656)
     Conforaneous, of the same Court or Market place.An English Dictionary: Explaining the Difficult Terms that are used in Divinity, Husbandry, Physick, Phylosophy, Law, Navigation, Mathematicks, and Other Arts and Sciences by (1676), page 68
     Conforaneous. l. of the ſame Court or Market-Place.In times of scarcity, wardens of the peace patrolled the city’s streets to deter the conforaneous vendors’ less scrupulous competition strategies.