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cereous

/ˈsɪəɹiəs/

cereous adjective: waxen; waxy; like wax.

Adjective

cereous (comparative more cereous, superlative most cereous)

  1. (obsolete) waxen; waxy; like wax
    • at night he [the bee] stores up his dayes gatherings, and what is worth his observation, goes into his cereous Tables, and what is not, pasles away at supper for Table-talke1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant notes upon Don Quixot

Forms of cereous

comparativemore cereous
superlativemost cereous

Origin of cereous

From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).

Questions about cereous

What does cereous mean?
Cereous means waxen; waxy; like wax.
What part of speech is cereous?
Cereous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cereous?
Cereous is pronounced /ˈsɪəɹiəs/.

Words near cereous in the dictionary

  1. cereologist
  2. cereologists
  3. cereology
  4. cereolysin
  5. cereopsis
  6. cereous
  7. Cererean
  8. Cerereans
  9. cererian
  10. Cererians
  11. cererium

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