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cineraceous

cineraceous adjective: like ashes; ash-coloured; cinerous.

Adjective

cineraceous (comparative more cineraceous, superlative most cineraceous)

  1. Like ashes; ash-coloured; cinerous.
    Synonyms:
    ashy, ashen

Synonyms of cineraceous

Forms of cineraceous

comparativemore cineraceous
superlativemost cineraceous

Origin of cineraceous

From Latin cineraceus, from cinis (“ashes”).

Questions about cineraceous

What does cineraceous mean?
Cineraceous means like ashes; ash-coloured; cinerous.
What part of speech is cineraceous?
Cineraceous is an adjective.

Words near cineraceous in the dictionary

  1. cinephotomicroscopy
  2. cineplastic
  3. cineplastics
  4. cineplex
  5. cineplexes
  6. cineraceous
  7. cineradiograph
  8. cineradiographic
  9. cineradiographical
  10. cineradiographs
  11. cineradiography

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