from Latin vēlōci-, vēlox swift + -ous 1680 - (as adverb, velociously) A Compleat and Compendious Church-History, Christopher Nesse; 1775 - (as adjective, velocious) A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, Bernard Romans; Both are shown below (from E-NED); I was unable to find the given passage from Romans' book but a different one is shown in the Example below. An even earlier Example (1660) for 'velocious' is also shown below. From: A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida By Captain Bernard Romans New-York Printed, 1776 P. 297 From: The Learned Man Defended and Reform'd:
A Discourse of Singular Politeness, and Elocution Written in Italian by the happy Pen of P. Daniel Bartolus Englished by Thomas Salusbury Printed 1660 The Second Part Imprudence P. 301
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