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animalculous

animalculous adjective: relating to animalcules.

Adjective

animalculous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Relating to animalcules.
    • Like the blue on a plumb, are but Inſects you know, / A mere Animalculous Duſt1772, George Alexander Stevens, “Song LXXIII. The Comet”, in Songs, Comic, and Satyrical, second edition, Oxford: Printed by the Author. Sold by J. Waller, […] G. Robinson, […] and F. Newbery, page...
    • now an anthelminthic is any thing that will deſtroy worms and animalculous vermin; that is to ſay, it will deſtroy life in minute animals1776, N[ikolai].D[etlef]. Falck, M.D., A Treatise on the Medical Qualities of Mercury. In Three Parts, London: Sold by B. Law, page 22

Origin of animalculous

From animalcule + -ous.

Questions about animalculous

What does animalculous mean?
Animalculous means relating to animalcules.
What part of speech is animalculous?
Animalculous is an adjective.

Words near animalculous in the dictionary

  1. animalculine
  2. animalculism
  3. animalculist
  4. animalculistic
  5. animalculists
  6. animalculous
  7. animalculum
  8. animalesque
  9. animalhood
  10. animalian
  11. animalic

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