- Rice is the only school in Texas that doesn’t play "Deep in the Heart of Texas" at sporting events. They’re trying to be multietatuary.
multietatuary
adjective; derivation
Possessing members from many states, provinces, or territories within the same nation. The adjective was formed because the speaker wished to express the diversity of Rice University, but a sufficient existing word could not be found. This word seems to mimic the structure of "multidisciplinary," while its meaning parallels the meaning of "multinational."
Etymology : Latin multi- ‘many’ + Fr. etat ‘state’ + Lat. -ari ‘of the kind of, belonging to’
Source : conversation with a friend while walking to a Rice football game
Last modified: 10 June 2008