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apricious

/əˈpɹɪʃəs/

apricious adjective: sunny; warmed by or basking in the sun.

Adjective

apricious (comparative more apricious, superlative most apricious)

  1. (archaic, rare) Sunny; warmed by or basking in the sun.
    • The light, warm wind freshens as the barque surges along the Ausonian coasts in the blue apricious glow of its summer.1879, Thomas Caulfield Irwin, Winter and Summer Stories: And Slides of Fancy's Lantern, page 127
    Synonyms:
    heliophilous, sunny

Synonyms of apricious

Forms of apricious

comparativemore apricious
superlativemost apricious

Origin of apricious

From Latin aprīcus (“warmed by the sun, sunny”) + -ous. Compare apricity.

Questions about apricious

What does apricious mean?
Apricious means sunny; warmed by or basking in the sun.
What part of speech is apricious?
Apricious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce apricious?
Apricious is pronounced /əˈpɹɪʃəs/.

Words near apricious in the dictionary

  1. apricate
  2. apricated
  3. apricates
  4. apricating
  5. aprication
  6. apricious
  7. apricitabine
  8. apricity
  9. aprickle
  10. apricock
  11. apricocke

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