revolutionary Copy link Outline 1. expr. by phr. with nŏvus or nŏvare2. sēdĭtiōsus • revolutionary: 1. expr. by phr. with nŏvus or nŏvare: to be of a r. disposition, novis plerumque rebus studere, Caes. B. G. 4, 5; pronum ad novas res esse, Tac. H. 1, 5: to excite a r. spirit among the people, populum ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere, Liv. 21, 19: r. schemes, novandarum rerum consilia, id. 6, 18: v. foll. art. 2. sēdĭtiōsus: v. seditious.