tartareous
UK/tɑːˈtɛəɹi.əs/US/tɑɹˈtɛɹi.əs/
tartareous adjective: consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
Adjective
tartareous (comparative more tartareous, superlative most tartareous)
- Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar
- Having a rough, crumbly surface.
- Many lichens are tartareous.
- Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
- His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread, / And vital virtue infused and vital warmth, / Throughout the fluid mass, but downward purged / The black, tartareous, cold, infernal, dregs / Adverse to life: then founded, then conglobed / Like things to like.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 237
Forms of tartareous
| comparative | more tartareous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tartareous |
Origin of tartareous
From tartar + -eous, compare tartarous.
Words that rhyme with tartareous
- cibarious
- scarious
- Stradivarius
- vagarious
- vicarious
- Aquarius
- atrabilarious
- calcareous
- contrarious
- hilarious
- lampadarius
- librarius
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- malarious
- multifarious
- omnifarious
- precarious
- riparious
- testudinarious
- various
- acinarious
- adversarious
- anticarious
- apocrisarius
- apocrisiarius
- arbitrarious
- arenarious
- argillocalcareous
- armarius
- assarius
- atramentarious
- Belisarius
- bordarius
- burglarious
- caeremoniarius
- calcarious
- carious
- confessarius
- corneo-calcareous
- cotarius
- duplicarius
- filarious
- fimetarious
- frumentarious
- glareous
- howlarious
- lapidarious
- librarious
- multivarious
- nectareous
- nectarious
- nefarious
- nightmarious
- noncalcareous
- noncarious
- nongregarious
- nonmalarious
- nonvicarious
- octarius
- octofarious
- octonarius
Questions about tartareous
- What does tartareous mean?
- Tartareous means consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
- What part of speech is tartareous?
- Tartareous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tartareous?
- Tartareous is pronounced /tɑːˈtɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).
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