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petrificious

petrificious adjective: causing petrification.

Adjective

petrificious (not comparable)

  1. Causing petrification
    • The question is certainly destinal: how to get out of those petrificious systems?1983, Boris Katich, So Speak Croatian Dissidents

Synonyms of petrificious

Origin of petrificious

petrific + -ious

Questions about petrificious

What does petrificious mean?
Petrificious means causing petrification.
What part of speech is petrificious?
Petrificious is an adjective.

Words near petrificious in the dictionary

  1. petrific
  2. petrificant
  3. petrificated
  4. petrification
  5. petrifications
  6. petrificious
  7. petrified
  8. petrified carpentry
  9. petrifier
  10. petrifiers
  11. petrifies

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