| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb adelphously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (adelphously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective adelphous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ADELPHOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Adelphous \A*del"phous\, adjective. [from Greek expression 'adelfo`s brother.]. (references) |
