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terraceous

terraceous adjective: resembling earth (soil, dirt).

Adjective

terraceous (comparative more terraceous, superlative most terraceous)

  1. (archaic) Resembling earth (soil, dirt).
    • The progress that we made through the terraceous compost was necessarily slow, and every step forward was made with the greatest difficulty, nothing but persevering labour carrying our boat gradually through it.1863, Frederic John Mouat, Adventures and Researches Among the Andaman Islanders, page 151
    Synonyms:
    earthen, earthy

Synonyms of terraceous

Forms of terraceous

comparativemore terraceous
superlativemost terraceous

Origin of terraceous

From Latin terra (“earth”) + -aceous.

Questions about terraceous

What does terraceous mean?
Terraceous means resembling earth (soil, dirt).
What part of speech is terraceous?
Terraceous is an adjective.

Words near terraceous in the dictionary

  1. terraced
  2. terraced house
  3. terraced houses
  4. terraceless
  5. terracelike
  6. terraceous
  7. terracer
  8. terracers
  9. terraces
  10. terracette
  11. terracettes

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