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flavous

/ˈfleɪvəs/

flavous adjective: yellow.

Adjective

flavous (comparative more flavous, superlative most flavous)

  1. (obsolete) yellow
    • Already there are many flavous colors in the landscape, much maturity of small seeds.1884, Henry David Thoreau, Summer in Massachusetts

Forms of flavous

comparativemore flavous
superlativemost flavous

Origin of flavous

Latin flavus.

Words that rhyme with flavous

Questions about flavous

What does flavous mean?
Flavous means yellow.
What part of speech is flavous?
Flavous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flavous?
Flavous is pronounced /ˈfleɪvəs/.

Words near flavous in the dictionary

  1. flavourtext
  2. flavourtexts
  3. flavourwise
  4. flavoury
  5. flavourzyme
  6. flavous
  7. flavovirus
  8. flavoviruses
  9. flavoxanthin
  10. flavoxate
  11. flavoxobin

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