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gravaminous

gravaminous adjective: serious; grave.

Adjective

gravaminous (comparative more gravaminous, superlative most gravaminous)

  1. (obsolete) Serious; grave.

Forms of gravaminous

comparativemore gravaminous
superlativemost gravaminous

Origin of gravaminous

From oblique stem of Latin gravāmen, gravāminis (“burden, heaviness”) + -ous.

Questions about gravaminous

What does gravaminous mean?
Gravaminous means serious; grave.
What part of speech is gravaminous?
Gravaminous is an adjective.

Words near gravaminous in the dictionary

  1. grav
  2. gravadlax
  3. gravamen
  4. gravamens
  5. gravamina
  6. gravaminous
  7. gravastar
  8. gravastars
  9. gravatar
  10. gravatars
  11. Gravatt

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