autochthonic
Example Sentences
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From this invisible ground-plan rose something absolutely original and autochthonic.
From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie
He sees the Gothic architecture spring high, spontaneous and autochthonic, first in the territory of Paris and thence spread outwards in a ring to the Scotch Highlands and to the Rhine.
From Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" by Belloc, Hilaire
The dance is the primordial, autochthonic form of music; its foundation so to speak.
From Beethoven by Fischer, George Alexander
What is the derivation and signification of aboriginal? autochthonic? primeval?
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Yet he impressed on all he said, on good words and bad alike, a marked autochthonic quality, as of the self-raised spontaneous products of some miraculous soil, from which prodigies and portents spring.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
