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gravellous

gravellous is the alternative form of gravelous.

Meaning of gravelous

Adjective

gravelous (comparative more gravelous, superlative most gravelous)

  1. Synonym of gravelly.
    • That we ſearce it through a Silk Sieve, that ſo we may make it ſo impalpable, as that in paſſing through the Stomack, it leaves no hard gravelous ſubſtance, that might offend the Coats of the Stomack, or Inteſtines.1668, “The Astringent, or binding Saffron of Mars”, in [William Aglionby], transl., The Art of Chymistry: As it is now Practised, London: […] John Starkey, […], translation of [Cours de Chymie] by...
    Synonyms:
    gravelly

Forms of gravellous

comparativemore gravellous
superlativemost gravellous

Questions about gravellous

What is gravellous the alternative form of?
Gravellous is the alternative form of gravelous.

Words near gravellous in the dictionary

  1. gravellike
  2. gravelliness
  3. gravelling
  4. gravellings
  5. gravellish
  6. gravellous
  7. gravelly
  8. Gravelly Beach
  9. Gravelly Hill
  10. gravelometer
  11. gravelometers

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