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coticular

coticular adjective: pertaining to, similar to, or suitable for, whetstones.

Adjective

coticular (comparative more coticular, superlative most coticular)

  1. (archaic) Pertaining to, similar to, or suitable for, whetstones
    • coticular shale
    • coticular slate

Forms of coticular

comparativemore coticular
superlativemost coticular

Origin of coticular

From Latin coticula (“a small touchstone”), diminutive of cos, cotis (“whetstone”).

Questions about coticular

What does coticular mean?
Coticular means pertaining to, similar to, or suitable for, whetstones.
What part of speech is coticular?
Coticular is an adjective.

Words near coticular in the dictionary

  1. cothurns
  2. cothurnus
  3. cothymia
  4. cotia
  5. cotias
  6. coticular
  7. coticule
  8. coticules
  9. cotidal
  10. cotija
  11. cotijas

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