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ferreous

ferreous adjective: synonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.

Adjective

ferreous (comparative more ferreous, superlative most ferreous)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.
    • The ſecond way whereby bodies become blacke, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity, for ſo is Atramentum ſcriptorium, or writing Inke commonly made, by copperoſe caſt upon decoction or infuſion of...1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book 6, Chapter XII: "A Digression Concerning Blacknesse", p. 336
    Synonyms:
    ferrous, of or related to iron

Synonyms of ferreous

Forms of ferreous

comparativemore ferreous
superlativemost ferreous

Origin of ferreous

From ferro- + -eous after the model of Latin ferreus, from ferrum (“iron”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”).

Questions about ferreous

What does ferreous mean?
Ferreous means synonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.
What part of speech is ferreous?
Ferreous is an adjective.

Words near ferreous in the dictionary

  1. ferrels
  2. Ferren
  3. Ferrens
  4. Ferrentino
  5. Ferrentinos
  6. ferreous
  7. Ferrer
  8. Ferrera
  9. Ferreras
  10. ferreret
  11. ferrerets

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