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velocious

velocious adjective: rapid; fast.

Adjective

velocious (comparative more velocious, superlative most velocious)

  1. (rare) Rapid; fast.

Forms of velocious

comparativemore velocious
superlativemost velocious

Origin of velocious

From Latin vēlōci-, vēlōx (“swift”) + -ous.

Words formed from velocious

Questions about velocious

What does velocious mean?
Velocious means rapid; fast.
What part of speech is velocious?
Velocious is an adjective.

Words near velocious in the dictionary

  1. velocimans
  2. velocimeter
  3. velocimeters
  4. velocimetric
  5. velocimetry
  6. velocious
  7. velociously
  8. velociousness
  9. velocipedal
  10. velocipede
  11. velocipedean

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