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patinous

patinous adjective: resembling or characteristic of a patina.

Adjective

patinous (comparative more patinous, superlative most patinous)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a patina.

Forms of patinous

comparativemore patinous
superlativemost patinous

Origin of patinous

From patina + -ous.

Questions about patinous

What does patinous mean?
Patinous means resembling or characteristic of a patina.
What part of speech is patinous?
Patinous is an adjective.

Words near patinous in the dictionary

  1. patinizes
  2. patinizing
  3. Patinkin
  4. Patino
  5. Patinos
  6. patinous
  7. patins
  8. patio
  9. patio chair
  10. patio chairs
  11. patio door

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