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stirious

stirious adjective: resembling icicles.

Adjective

stirious (comparative more stirious, superlative most stirious)

  1. (obsolete) Resembling icicles.
    • Chrystal is found sometimes in rocks, and in some places not much unlike the stirrious or stillicidious dependencies of ice.1646-72, Sir Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors
    Synonyms:
    stiriated

Synonyms of stirious

Forms of stirious

comparativemore stirious
superlativemost stirious

Origin of stirious

Latin stiria (“an icicle”).

Questions about stirious

What does stirious mean?
Stirious means resembling icicles.
What part of speech is stirious?
Stirious is an adjective.

Words near stirious in the dictionary

  1. stirfry
  2. stirfrying
  3. stirfrys
  4. stiria
  5. stiriated
  6. stirious
  7. stiripentol
  8. stirk
  9. stirks
  10. stirless
  11. stirlessly

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