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alacritous

alacritous adjective: brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.

Adjective

alacritous (comparative more alacritous, superlative most alacritous)

  1. (rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.

Forms of alacritous

comparativemore alacritous
superlativemost alacritous

Origin of alacritous

From alacrity + -ous.

Words formed from alacritous

Questions about alacritous

What does alacritous mean?
Alacritous means brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.
What part of speech is alacritous?
Alacritous is an adjective.

Words near alacritous in the dictionary

  1. alacrimia
  2. alacrious
  3. alacriously
  4. alacriousness
  5. alacrities
  6. alacritous
  7. alacritously
  8. alacrity
  9. alactic
  10. Aladdin
  11. Aladdin cave

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