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burglarious

UK/bɜːˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/US/bɝˈɡlɛɹi.əs/

burglarious adjective: being or resembling a burglar.

Adjective

burglarious (comparative more burglarious, superlative most burglarious)

  1. Being or resembling a burglar
    • At nine o'clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not the liveliest object even in Saint Mary Axe--which is not a very lively spot--with a sobbing gaslight in the counting-house window, and a burglarious stream of fog creeping in to strangle it through the keyhole of...1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
    • He felt what a great advantage it was to be forewarned of the impending danger, since being forewarned was forearmed, as with the help of the police he could prepare for his burglarious visitors.1872, Horatio Alger, Slow and Sure

Examples of burglarious in a sentence

  • One evening I was sitting at dinner in a fashionable street in New York, close to Central Park, when I was startled by a distinctly burglarious noise at the window.1899, William Archer, America To-day, Observations and Reflections:
  • Of the various burglarious proceedings he had heard of picking the trolls’ pockets seemed the least difficult, so at last he crept behind a tree just behind William.1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit:

Forms of burglarious

comparativemore burglarious
superlativemost burglarious

Origin of burglarious

From burglar + -ious.

Words formed from burglarious

Words that rhyme with burglarious

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Questions about burglarious

What does burglarious mean?
Burglarious means being or resembling a burglar.
How do you use burglarious in a sentence?
One evening I was sitting at dinner in a fashionable street in New York, close to Central Park, when I was startled by a distinctly burglarious noise at the window.
What part of speech is burglarious?
Burglarious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce burglarious?
Burglarious is pronounced /bɜːˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near burglarious in the dictionary

  1. burglarers
  2. burglaress
  3. burglaresses
  4. burglaries
  5. burglaring
  6. burglarious
  7. burglariously
  8. burglariousness
  9. burglarise
  10. burglarised
  11. burglariser

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