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theiform

theiform adjective: similar to tea.

Adjective

theiform (not comparable)

  1. Similar to tea.
    • A warm theiform drink, taken from a quarter to three quarters of a litre at a dose, increases the pulse from six to twelve beats[…]1832, London medical and surgical journal: Volume 1, page 671
    • All raw vegetable juices, all spices, all essences, all odours, all perfumes, all theiform infusions, all that can by any possibility be supposed to exercise the slightest influence over the organism[…]1835, Thomas Roupell Everest, Amos Gerald Hull, A popular view of homoeopathy, page 60

Origin of theiform

translingual Thea (“tea, the tea plant”) + -form (compare French théiforme)

Questions about theiform

What does theiform mean?
Theiform means similar to tea.
What part of speech is theiform?
Theiform is an adjective.

Words near theiform in the dictionary

  1. thei
  2. Theia
  3. theic
  4. theics
  5. theif
  6. theiform
  7. theifs
  8. Theil
  9. Theiler
  10. theileriases
  11. theileriasis

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