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nodous

/ˈnəʊdəs/

nodous adjective: nodose; knotty.

Adjective

nodous (comparative more nodous, superlative most nodous)

  1. (obsolete) Nodose; knotty.
    • [T]his [the ring finger of the hand] is ſeldom or laſt of all affected with the Gout, and when that becometh nodous, men continue not long after.1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Ring-finger”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 4th book, page 157

Forms of nodous

comparativemore nodous
superlativemost nodous

Words formed from nodous

Questions about nodous

What does nodous mean?
Nodous means nodose; knotty.
What part of speech is nodous?
Nodous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nodous?
Nodous is pronounced /ˈnəʊdəs/.

Words near nodous in the dictionary

  1. nodosities
  2. nodosity
  3. nodosome
  4. nodosomes
  5. nodososide
  6. nodous
  7. nodoventricular
  8. nodowa
  9. nods
  10. nods in
  11. nods off

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