glareous
UK/ˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/US/ˈɡlɛɚi.əs/
glareous adjective: glairy.
Adjective
glareous (comparative more glareous, superlative most glareous)
- glairy
- There is a glareous liquor contained in the bowels of Infants and many other Animals when they are born , which it is necessary to carry off1766, John Gregory, A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with Those of the Animal World
Forms of glareous
| comparative | more glareous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most glareous |
Origin of glareous
Compare French glaireux. See glair.
Words that rhyme with glareous
- cibarious
- scarious
- Stradivarius
- tartareous
- vagarious
- vicarious
- Aquarius
- atrabilarious
- calcareous
- contrarious
- hilarious
- lampadarius
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- librarius
- malarious
- multifarious
- omnifarious
- precarious
- riparious
- testudinarious
- various
- acinarious
- adversarious
- anticarious
- apocrisarius
- apocrisiarius
- arbitrarious
- arenarious
- argillocalcareous
- armarius
- assarius
- atramentarious
- Belisarius
- bordarius
- burglarious
- caeremoniarius
- calcarious
- carious
- confessarius
- corneo-calcareous
- cotarius
- duplicarius
- filarious
- fimetarious
- frumentarious
- howlarious
- lapidarious
- librarious
- multivarious
- nectareous
- nectarious
- nefarious
- nightmarious
- noncalcareous
- noncarious
- nongregarious
- nonmalarious
- nonvicarious
- octarius
- octofarious
- octonarius
Questions about glareous
- What does glareous mean?
- Glareous means glairy.
- What part of speech is glareous?
- Glareous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce glareous?
- Glareous is pronounced /ˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).
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