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tergeminous

tergeminous adjective: threefold.

Adjective

tergeminous (not comparable)

  1. Threefold.
    • My servant-maid has discovered tergeminous proof of the perpetrator.1823, James Hogg, “Peril Second. Leasing. Circle II.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]...
    • I've often viewed in early life's bright dream, Thy arch tergeminous which spanned the stream; Upon the rocks greywacke oft I've stood, And upward scanned thy classic pulchritude.1851, “Lines in commemoration of the Auld Brig”, in Competing and Other Poems on the Auld Brig, page 4

Origin of tergeminous

From Latin tergeminus, from ter (“thrice”) + geminus (“doubled at birth, twin-born”). Compare trigeminous.

Words that rhyme with tergeminous

Questions about tergeminous

What does tergeminous mean?
Tergeminous means threefold.
What part of speech is tergeminous?
Tergeminous is an adjective.

Words near tergeminous in the dictionary

  1. tergallic acid
  2. tergant
  3. tergeminal
  4. tergeminate
  5. tergeminin
  6. tergeminous
  7. tergether
  8. tergiant
  9. tergipedid
  10. tergipedids
  11. tergite

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