Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1701
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¶STATUOUS, adj. Like a statue, motionless, rigid, of a form of madness in which the patient appears to be in a trance and seldom moves from a fixed posture, catatonic.Sc. 1701 Edb. Gazette (16–20 Jan.):
Mr. Robert Scot having attained to extraordinar skill of euring Madness of all kinds, viz. Furious, Melancolious and statuous.
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