| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Cirrose.[Websters]
2. Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.[Websters] 3. Being feathery or pinnated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb cirrously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (cirrously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective cirrous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"CIRROUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: cirrhous. |
Date "CIRROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CIRROUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Terminating in a cirrus, curl or tendril; as a cirrous leaf.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (botany, zoology) Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous. 1658, And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198). (references) | 2: [Adjective] Pertaining to cirrus clouds. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
