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meteorous

meteorous adjective: of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

Adjective

meteorous (comparative more meteorous, superlative most meteorous)

  1. (archaic) Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.
    • From the other hill
      To their fix'd station, all in bright array,
      The cherubim descended, on the ground
      Gliding meteorous.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 1

Forms of meteorous

comparativemore meteorous
superlativemost meteorous

Origin of meteorous

From meteor + -ous.

Questions about meteorous

What does meteorous mean?
Meteorous means of the nature or appearance of a meteor.
What part of speech is meteorous?
Meteorous is an adjective.

Words near meteorous in the dictionary

  1. meteoroscopic
  2. meteoroscopy
  3. meteorosensitive
  4. meteorosensitivity
  5. meteorosophistical
  6. meteorous
  7. meteors
  8. meteorwrong
  9. meteorwrongs
  10. meteosensitive
  11. meteosensitivity

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