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fletiferous

fletiferous adjective: producing tears.

Adjective

fletiferous (comparative more fletiferous, superlative most fletiferous)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Producing tears.
    • The poor servant placed a handkerchief to her eyes and began to weep, for Dolly's arrogance toward her proved fletiferous.1887, Andrew Magnus Fleming, Winklebach's Hotel
    • […] notwithstanding his fletiferous crocodility, he maintained the most astounding adiophory and ataraxy.1906, J.E.L. Seneker, edited by Thomas Stone, Frontier Experience

Forms of fletiferous

comparativemore fletiferous
superlativemost fletiferous

Origin of fletiferous

From Latin fletifer, from fletus (“a weeping”) (from flere, fletum (“to weep”)) + ferre (“to bear”).

Words that rhyme with fletiferous

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Questions about fletiferous

What does fletiferous mean?
Fletiferous means producing tears.
What part of speech is fletiferous?
Fletiferous is an adjective.

Words near fletiferous in the dictionary

  1. fletching
  2. fletchings
  3. Fletchman
  4. Fletchmans
  5. Fletestreete
  6. fletiferous
  7. fletikumab
  8. flets
  9. Fletschhorn
  10. Flett
  11. flettermice

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