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porphyreous

porphyreous is the alternative form of porphyrous.

Meaning of porphyrous

Adjective

porphyrous (comparative more porphyrous, superlative most porphyrous)

  1. Of or crafted from porphyry.
  2. Of purple hue, like that of porphyry.

Forms of porphyreous

comparativemore porphyreous
superlativemost porphyreous

Questions about porphyreous

What is porphyreous the alternative form of?
Porphyreous is the alternative form of porphyrous.

Words near porphyreous in the dictionary

  1. porphyranase
  2. porphyranases
  3. porphyrans
  4. porphyre
  5. Porphyrean
  6. porphyreous
  7. porphyres
  8. porphyria
  9. Porphyrian
  10. Porphyrian tree
  11. Porphyrian trees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porphyreous (page history and authors); porphyrous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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