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discriminous

discriminous adjective: hazardous; dangerous.

Adjective

discriminous (comparative more discriminous, superlative most discriminous)

  1. (obsolete) hazardous; dangerous
    • diſcerning the diſcriminous ſtate of Perdiccas King of Macedonia1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

Forms of discriminous

comparativemore discriminous
superlativemost discriminous

Origin of discriminous

Borrowed from Latin discriminosus, from discrimen (“the dangerous, decisive moment”). See discriminate (adjective).

Questions about discriminous

What does discriminous mean?
Discriminous means hazardous; dangerous.
What part of speech is discriminous?
Discriminous is an adjective.

Words near discriminous in the dictionary

  1. discriminativeness
  2. discriminator
  3. discriminatorily
  4. discriminators
  5. discriminatory
  6. discriminous
  7. discrown
  8. discrowned
  9. discrowning
  10. discrowns
  11. discruciate

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