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Definition: INCANOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Hoary with white pubescence.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb incanously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(incanously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective incanous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Etymology:Incanous \In*ca"nous\, adjective. [Latin expression incanus; prefix in- in canus hoary.]. (references)

Definition: INCANOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Hoary with white pubescence.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb incanously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(incanously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective incanous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Etymology:Incanous \In*ca"nous\, adjective. [Latin expression incanus; prefix in- in canus hoary.]. (references)