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æruginous

æruginous is the obsolete form of aeruginous.

Meaning of aeruginous

Adjective

aeruginous (comparative more aeruginous, superlative most aeruginous)

  1. Synonym of verdigrisy, of or related to copper carbonate, bluish green.
    • There was definitely some aeruginous material on that door handle.
    Synonyms:
    verdigrisy, of or related to copper carbonate, bluish green
  2. (archaic) Synonym of rusty, of or related to iron oxides.
    Synonyms:
    rusty, of or related to iron oxides

Forms of æruginous

comparativemore æruginous
superlativemost æruginous

Questions about æruginous

What is æruginous the obsolete form of?
Æruginous is the obsolete form of aeruginous.

Words near æruginous in the dictionary

  1. ærarian
  2. æras
  3. æroplane
  4. æroplanes
  5. ærose
  6. æruginous
  7. ærugo
  8. Æs
  9. Æsacus
  10. æsc
  11. Æschines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: æruginous (page history and authors); aeruginous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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