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sericious

sericious is the alternative form of sericeous.

Meaning of sericeous

Adjective

sericeous (comparative more sericeous, superlative most sericeous)

  1. Of or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky.
    • sericeous color
  2. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
    • a sericeous leaf
  3. Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs
    • sericeous spot of hairs

Forms of sericious

comparativemore sericious
superlativemost sericious

Questions about sericious

What is sericious the alternative form of?
Sericious is the alternative form of sericeous.

Words near sericious in the dictionary

  1. sericiculturists
  2. sericigenic
  3. sericigenous
  4. sericin
  5. sericins
  6. sericious
  7. sericite
  8. sericites
  9. sericitic
  10. sericitisation
  11. sericitisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sericious (page history and authors); sericeous (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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