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gasiferous

gasiferous adjective: full of or producing gas; gassy.

Adjective

gasiferous (comparative more gasiferous, superlative most gasiferous)

  1. Full of or producing gas; gassy.
    • I woke with a stiff neck in slightly gasiferous sunlight, mechanically receiving a mug of lurid tea with a dash of petrol from one of my invincibles.1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 153

Forms of gasiferous

comparativemore gasiferous
superlativemost gasiferous

Origin of gasiferous

From gas + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about gasiferous

What does gasiferous mean?
Gasiferous means full of or producing gas; gassy.
What part of speech is gasiferous?
Gasiferous is an adjective.

Words near gasiferous in the dictionary

  1. gashouse
  2. gashouse egg
  3. gashouse eggs
  4. gashouses
  5. gashy
  6. gasiferous
  7. gasifiability
  8. gasifiable
  9. gasification
  10. gasifications
  11. gasified

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