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uliginous

/juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

uliginous adjective: slimy.

Adjective

uliginous (comparative more uliginous, superlative most uliginous)

  1. Slimy.
    • [In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 179
  2. Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
    Synonyms:
    boggy
  3. Growing in muddy places.
    • The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and...1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Introduction to Class V. Of the Marine Corals.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn]...
    • Ranunculus Lapponicus, L. Uliginous or subaquatic, fibrous-rooted, with entire or merely denticulate or crenulated and petiolate leaves.1886, Asa Gray, Contributions to American Botany. A Revision of the North American Ranunculi

Synonyms of uliginous

All synonyms of uliginous

Forms of uliginous

comparativemore uliginous
superlativemost uliginous

Origin of uliginous

From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”).

Questions about uliginous

What does uliginous mean?
Uliginous means slimy.
What part of speech is uliginous?
Uliginous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce uliginous?
Uliginous is pronounced /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/.

Words near uliginous in the dictionary

  1. ulidiids
  2. Ulieș
  3. Uliești
  4. uliginal
  5. uliginose
  6. uliginous
  7. ulikon
  8. ulikons
  9. Ulin
  10. ulinastatin
  11. uling

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