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cottonous

cottonous adjective: resembling cotton.

Adjective

cottonous (comparative more cottonous, superlative most cottonous)

  1. (archaic) Resembling cotton.
    • the fulus bears a thick Cottonous Substance1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...
    Synonyms:
    cottony, cottonish, cottonlike

Synonyms of cottonous

Forms of cottonous

comparativemore cottonous
superlativemost cottonous

Origin of cottonous

From cotton + -ous.

Questions about cottonous

What does cottonous mean?
Cottonous means resembling cotton.
What part of speech is cottonous?
Cottonous is an adjective.

Words near cottonous in the dictionary

  1. cottonocrat
  2. cottonocrats
  3. cottonoid
  4. cottonoids
  5. Cottonopolis
  6. cottonous
  7. cottonpicking
  8. cottonpox
  9. cottonrose
  10. cottonroses
  11. cottons

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