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folious

/ˈfəʊliəs/

folious adjective: like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.

Adjective

folious (comparative more folious, superlative most folious)

  1. Like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.
    • folious appearances , and not the central and vital interiors of truthc. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press...
  2. foliose

Forms of folious

comparativemore folious
superlativemost folious

Origin of folious

From Latin foli(ō) (“leaf”) + -ous. See also foliose.

Questions about folious

What does folious mean?
Folious means like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.
What part of speech is folious?
Folious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce folious?
Folious is pronounced /ˈfəʊliəs/.

Words near folious in the dictionary

  1. foliose
  2. foliosely
  3. foliosity
  4. foliot
  5. foliots
  6. folious
  7. foliphagous
  8. folisol
  9. folisolic
  10. folisols
  11. folist

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