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Definition: AVENIOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb aveniously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(aveniously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective avenious.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Avenious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Avenious \A*ve"ni*ous\, adjective. [Prefix a- Latin vena vein.]. (references)

Definition: AVENIOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb aveniously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(aveniously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective avenious.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "AVENIOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Avenious \A*ve"ni*ous\, adjective. [Prefix a- Latin vena vein.]. (references)