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Definition: CINERACEOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb cineraceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(cineraceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective cineraceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Etymology:Cineraceous \Cin`er*a"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression cineraceus, from cinis ashes.]. (references)

Definition: CINERACEOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb cineraceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(cineraceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective cineraceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Etymology:Cineraceous \Cin`er*a"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression cineraceus, from cinis ashes.]. (references)