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butcherous

butcherous adjective: involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.

Adjective

butcherous (comparative more butcherous, superlative most butcherous)

  1. Involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.

Forms of butcherous

comparativemore butcherous
superlativemost butcherous

Origin of butcherous

From butcher + -ous.

Questions about butcherous

What does butcherous mean?
Butcherous means involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.
What part of speech is butcherous?
Butcherous is an adjective.

Words near butcherous in the dictionary

  1. butcherknives
  2. butcherless
  3. butcherlike
  4. butcherliness
  5. butcherly
  6. butcherous
  7. butchers
  8. Butchers Ridge
  9. butchers' hooks
  10. butchers' knife
  11. butchers' knives

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