serrous
/ˈsɛɹəs/
serrous adjective: like the teeth of a saw; jagged.
Adjective
serrous (comparative more serrous, superlative most serrous)
- Like the teeth of a saw; jagged.
- The silhouetted treeline gave the horizon a serrous appearance.
- if while they hum we lay our finger on the back or other parts, for thereupon will be felt a serrous or jarring motion, like that which happeneth while we blow on the teeth of a comb through paper1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
Examples of serrous in a sentence
- Now bending, rising, rolling to the blast, Now serrous rustling to th' inconstant breeze...1859, John D. Bryant, Redemption: A Poem, Philadelphia: John Penington & Son, page 57:
- The central and convex part had subsided some four hundred feet, forming a vast concave, and leaving a high, serrous, black ledge around the circumference of the crater.1871, Rev. Titus Coan, “On Kilauea and Mauna Loa”, in The American Journal of Science (III), volume 2, number 12, page 454:
- The thunder cannons loudly roared, And lightning lanced like pain, But staunch they stood, in serrous file; I saw no more for rain.1932, Bertha Raffetto, “A Mountain Storm”, in Westward: A Magazine of Verse, volume 2, number 10, page 15:
- A serrous bract subtends each floral bud.1964, Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India: Biological Sciences, volume 30, National Institute of Sciences of India...
Forms of serrous
| comparative | more serrous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most serrous |
Origin of serrous
Latin serra (“a saw”), + -ous.
Questions about serrous
- What does serrous mean?
- Serrous means like the teeth of a saw; jagged.
- How do you use serrous in a sentence?
- Now bending, rising, rolling to the blast, Now serrous rustling to th' inconstant breeze...
- What part of speech is serrous?
- Serrous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce serrous?
- Serrous is pronounced /ˈsɛɹəs/.
Words near serrous in the dictionary
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