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ustorious

ustorious adjective: having the quality of burning.

Adjective

ustorious (comparative more ustorious, superlative most ustorious)

  1. (obsolete) Having the quality of burning.
    • And I should tell him , it is by an ustorious quality in the mirror or glass , and by a cleaving power in the wedge , arising from a certain unknown substantial form in them , whence they derive these qualities1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […]...

Forms of ustorious

comparativemore ustorious
superlativemost ustorious

Origin of ustorious

From Latin ust(us) + -ory + -ous.

Questions about ustorious

What does ustorious mean?
Ustorious means having the quality of burning.
What part of speech is ustorious?
Ustorious is an adjective.

Words near ustorious in the dictionary

  1. ustions
  2. ustipsamment
  3. ustipsamments
  4. ustoll
  5. ustolls
  6. ustorious
  7. Ustou
  8. ustox
  9. ustoxes
  10. USTR
  11. Ustrani

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