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tartarous

tartarous adjective: of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.

Adjective

tartarous (comparative more tartarous, superlative most tartarous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.
    Synonyms:
    tartareous

Synonyms of tartarous

Forms of tartarous

comparativemore tartarous
superlativemost tartarous

Origin of tartarous

From tartar + -ous.

Questions about tartarous

What does tartarous mean?
Tartarous means of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.
What part of speech is tartarous?
Tartarous is an adjective.

Words near tartarous in the dictionary

  1. tartarlike
  2. tartarly
  3. tartaroborate
  4. tartaroborates
  5. Tartarology
  6. tartarous
  7. tartars
  8. tartarum
  9. Tartarus
  10. Tartary
  11. tartaryn

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