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acheilous

acheilous adjective: lipless.

Adjective

acheilous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) lipless

Origin of acheilous

Derived from Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) with privative a- + -ous.

Questions about acheilous

What does acheilous mean?
Acheilous means lipless.
What part of speech is acheilous?
Acheilous is an adjective.

Words near acheilous in the dictionary

  1. achefully
  2. Acheh
  3. Achehnese
  4. acheilary
  5. acheilia
  6. acheilous
  7. acheiria
  8. acheirias
  9. acheiropodia
  10. acheiropody
  11. acheiropoieta

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