regious

Adapted borrowing of Latin rēgius (“royal”) +‎ -ous, from rēx, rēgis (“king”).^[1] Doublet of regius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒəs/
• Homophone: regius
• Rhymes: -iːd͡ʒəs

regious (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Regal; royal.
   • 1650, J[ames] H[arrington], The Grounds & Reasons of Monarchy Considered. […]:

     I would fain ask the Regious Defenders, by what Law they can maintain Governments to be inherent in one , and to be tranſmitted to his Ofspring

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