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adoptious

adoptious adjective: adopted.

Adjective

adoptious (comparative more adoptious, superlative most adoptious)

  1. (obsolete) Adopted.
    • […] with a world
      Of pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms,
      That blinking Cupid gossips.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of adoptious

comparativemore adoptious
superlativemost adoptious

Origin of adoptious

From adopt + -ious.

Questions about adoptious

What does adoptious mean?
Adoptious means adopted.
What part of speech is adoptious?
Adoptious is an adjective.

Words near adoptious in the dictionary

  1. adoptionist
  2. adoptionistic
  3. adoptionistically
  4. adoptionists
  5. adoptions
  6. adoptious
  7. adoptive
  8. adoptive father
  9. adoptive fathers
  10. adoptive mother
  11. adoptive mothers

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