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scorious

scorious adjective: scoriaceous.

Adjective

scorious (comparative more scorious, superlative most scorious)

  1. scoriaceous
    • For by the fire they omit not only many drossie and scorious parts, but whatsoever they had received either from the earth or Loadstone;1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Forms of scorious

comparativemore scorious
superlativemost scorious

Origin of scorious

From scoria + -ous.

Words that rhyme with scorious

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Questions about scorious

What does scorious mean?
Scorious means scoriaceous.
What part of speech is scorious?
Scorious is an adjective.

Words near scorious in the dictionary

  1. scoring on oneself
  2. scoring out
  3. scoring points
  4. scoring through
  5. scorings
  6. scorious
  7. Scorlibran
  8. SCORM
  9. scorn
  10. scorn'd
  11. scorne

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