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dulciferous

dulciferous adjective: having a pleasant disposition.

Adjective

dulciferous (comparative more dulciferous, superlative most dulciferous)

  1. (dated, rare) Having a pleasant disposition.
    • It put a touch of acid into his dulciferous mildness.1892, Israel Zangwill, The Grandchildren of the Ghetto
    • He may roil your mind with his collusions but I will elaqueate your dulciferous egoity when your heart dehisces to the epiphoras which house no elench.1911, James Ira Deese Miller, A Guide Into the South, volume I, Atlanta: Index Printing Company, page 35

Forms of dulciferous

comparativemore dulciferous
superlativemost dulciferous

Origin of dulciferous

From Latin dulcifer (“containing sweetness”), from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Equivalent to dulce + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about dulciferous

What does dulciferous mean?
Dulciferous means having a pleasant disposition.
What part of speech is dulciferous?
Dulciferous is an adjective.

Words near dulciferous in the dictionary

  1. dulciana
  2. dulcianas
  3. dulcians
  4. dulcid
  5. Dulcie
  6. dulciferous
  7. dulcification
  8. dulcifications
  9. dulcified
  10. dulcified spirit
  11. dulcifies

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