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salivous

/səˈlaɪvəs/

salivous adjective: of, like or resembling saliva; made up of saliva.

Adjective

salivous (comparative more salivous, superlative most salivous)

  1. Of, like or resembling saliva; made up of saliva.

Forms of salivous

comparativemore salivous
superlativemost salivous

Origin of salivous

From saliva + -ous.

Questions about salivous

What does salivous mean?
Salivous means of, like or resembling saliva; made up of saliva.
What part of speech is salivous?
Salivous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce salivous?
Salivous is pronounced /səˈlaɪvəs/.

Words near salivous in the dictionary

  1. salivatory
  2. salivette
  3. salivettes
  4. salivirus
  5. saliviruses
  6. salivous
  7. salivæ
  8. salix
  9. salixes
  10. Saljuq
  11. Saljuqian

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