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amadelphous

/ˌæməˈdɛlfəs/

amadelphous adjective: outgoing; gregarious.

Adjective

amadelphous (comparative more amadelphous, superlative most amadelphous)

  1. Outgoing; gregarious.
    • Throughout her existence under their roof, even in their bathtub, she had been a troubled, salient child, eyeful as a scan daisy, as probing as a scutiger, but ever so rationally troubling to the dokladchiki under a load of birchbark documents, business notes, and amadelphous messages.2014, Neil Baker, Occultus Liber: A Novel by Neil Baker, →ISBN, page 38

Forms of amadelphous

comparativemore amadelphous
superlativemost amadelphous

Origin of amadelphous

From Ancient Greek ἅμα (háma, “together”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brotherly”).

Questions about amadelphous

What does amadelphous mean?
Amadelphous means outgoing; gregarious.
What part of speech is amadelphous?
Amadelphous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce amadelphous?
Amadelphous is pronounced /ˌæməˈdɛlfəs/.

Words near amadelphous in the dictionary

  1. amadavat
  2. amadavats
  3. amadawn
  4. amadawns
  5. Amadea
  6. amadelphous
  7. Amadeo
  8. Amadeus
  9. Amadi
  10. amadinone
  11. Amadio

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