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lateritious

Syllables: lat·er·i·tiousUS/ˌlæt əˈrɪʃ əs/

lateritious adjective: of the reddish color of bricks.

Adjective

lateritious (comparative more lateritious, superlative most lateritious)

  1. (archaic) Of the reddish color of bricks.
    • lateritious sediment in urine
    • lateritious deposit

lateritious meaning in Tamil

lateritious in Tamil

செங்கல் தூள் உரு, செங்கல் தூள் போன்ற

Forms of lateritious

comparativemore lateritious
superlativemost lateritious
alternative formlatericious

Origin of lateritious

From Latin latericius, from later (“brick”).

Questions about lateritious

What does lateritious mean?
Lateritious means of the reddish color of bricks.
What is lateritious in Tamil?
Lateritious in Tamil is செங்கல் தூள் உரு, செங்கல் தூள் போன்ற. See Lateritious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lateritious?
Lateritious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lateritious?
Lateritious is pronounced /ˌlæt əˈrɪʃ əs/ (US).

Words near lateritious in the dictionary

  1. laterises
  2. laterising
  3. laterite
  4. laterites
  5. lateritic
  6. lateritious
  7. lateriversion
  8. lateriversions
  9. laterizable
  10. laterization
  11. laterizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lateritious (page history and authors); lateritious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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