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chalcenteric

chalcenteric adjective: chalcenterous.

Adjective

chalcenteric (comparative more chalcenteric, superlative most chalcenteric)

  1. (rare) Chalcenterous.
    • Aldhelm is a hard author. His 'densa silva latinitatis' [dense forest of Latinity] is close to impenetrable, and his proverbial verbosity doubtless has led the most chalcenteric readers to wonder if there was any reward at the end for their pains.2005, Michael W. Herren, “Aldhelm the Theologian”, in Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, Andy Orchard, editors, Latin Learning and English Lore: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Literature for Michael Lapidge, volume...

Forms of chalcenteric

comparativemore chalcenteric
superlativemost chalcenteric

Origin of chalcenteric

chalc(o)- + enteric

Questions about chalcenteric

What does chalcenteric mean?
Chalcenteric means chalcenterous.
What part of speech is chalcenteric?
Chalcenteric is an adjective.

Words near chalcenteric in the dictionary

  1. chalcedonite
  2. chalcedonites
  3. chalcedonius
  4. chalcedony
  5. chalcedonyx
  6. chalcenteric
  7. chalcenterous
  8. Chalcese
  9. Chalchese
  10. chalchihuitl
  11. chalchihuitls

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