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lucrous

lucrous adjective: lucrative; gainful; profitable.

Adjective

lucrous (comparative more lucrous, superlative most lucrous)

  1. (obsolete) Lucrative; gainful; profitable.

Forms of lucrous

comparativemore lucrous
superlativemost lucrous

Origin of lucrous

From Latin lucrōsus (“lucrative”). By surface analysis, lucre + -ous.

Questions about lucrous

What does lucrous mean?
Lucrous means lucrative; gainful; profitable.
What part of speech is lucrous?
Lucrous is an adjective.

Words near lucrous in the dictionary

  1. Lucretius
  2. lucriferous
  3. lucrific
  4. Lucrine
  5. lucripetous
  6. lucrous
  7. Lucsuhin
  8. LUCT
  9. luctation
  10. luctations
  11. luctiferous

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