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lutarious

lutarious adjective: of, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud.

Adjective

lutarious (comparative more lutarious, superlative most lutarious)

  1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud.
    • A SCALY TORTOISE SHELL. It seems to be of the Lutarious kind1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […]...

Forms of lutarious

comparativemore lutarious
superlativemost lutarious

Origin of lutarious

From Latin lutarius, from lutum (“mud”). Morphologically Latin lutum + -arious.

Questions about lutarious

What does lutarious mean?
Lutarious means of, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud.
What part of speech is lutarious?
Lutarious is an adjective.

Words near lutarious in the dictionary

  1. lutamide
  2. Lutana
  3. lutanist
  4. lutanists
  5. lutar
  6. lutarious
  7. lutars
  8. lutation
  9. lutations
  10. lute
  11. lute guitar

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