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glacious

glacious adjective: characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.

Adjective

glacious (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.

Origin of glacious

From obsolete French glacieux, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”).

Questions about glacious

What does glacious mean?
Glacious means characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.
What part of speech is glacious?
Glacious is an adjective.

Words near glacious in the dictionary

  1. glaciotectonically
  2. glaciotectonics
  3. glaciotectonism
  4. glaciotectonite
  5. glaciotectonites
  6. glacious
  7. glaciovolcanic
  8. glaciovolcanism
  9. glacis
  10. glacises
  11. Glacken

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