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exequious

exequious adjective: funereal.

Adjective

exequious (comparative more exequious, superlative most exequious)

  1. (obsolete) funereal
    • Prepare yourself to build the funeral-pile,
      Lay your pale hands to this exequious fire,1603, Michael Drayton, The Barons Wars, published 1753, page 123

Forms of exequious

comparativemore exequious
superlativemost exequious

Origin of exequious

From exequy + -ous?

Questions about exequious

What does exequious mean?
Exequious means funereal.
What part of speech is exequious?
Exequious is an adjective.

Words near exequious in the dictionary

  1. exept
  2. exequatur
  3. exequaturs
  4. exequial
  5. exequies
  6. exequious
  7. exequy
  8. exequys
  9. exerbike
  10. exerbikes
  11. exercent

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