-ACEOUS

Meaning of -ACEOUS in English

■ suffix

1》 Botany forming adjectives from family names: ericaceous.

2》 chiefly Biology & Geology forming adjectives describing similarity: olivaceous.

Origin

from L. -aceus 'of the nature of' + -ous .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

-ACEOUS — adjective suffix Etymology: Latin -aceus 1. characterized by ; full of , consisting of , 2. of or relating to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-ACEOUS — |āshəs adjective suffix Etymology: Latin -aceus : characterized by aren aceous argill aceous : of the nature of herb aceous …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-ACEOUS — a suffix with the meanings "resembling, having the nature of," "made of," occurring in loanwords from Latin ( cretaceous; herbaceous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-ACEOUS — Etymology: Latin -aceus 1. a. : characterized by : full of set aceous b. : consisting of diatom aceous : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-ACEOUS — [-aceous] adj suffix [L -aceus] 1 a: characterized by: full of "setaceous" b: consisting of "diatomaceous": having the nature or …
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-ACEOUS — -aceous BrE AmE ˈeɪʃ əs ▷ — rosaceous rəʊ ˈzeɪʃ əs AmE \ roʊ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-ACEOUS — suffix forming adjectives, esp. from nouns in -acea, -aceae (herbaceous; rosaceous). [L -aceus: see -ACEA]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-ACEOUS — (биология) образует прил. от лат. и греч. корней: - apiaceous зонтичный; - cetaceous китовый; - foliaceous лиственный, листовидный; - graminaceous …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
-ACEOUS — suff биол. образует прил. от лат. и греч. корней apiaceous - зонтичный cetaceous - китовый foliaceous - лиственный, листовидный graminaceous …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
-ACEOUS — suff биол. образует прил. от лат. и греч. корней apiaceous - зонтичный cetaceous - китовый foliaceous - лиственный, листовидный graminaceous …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
-ACEOUS — suff биол. образует прил. от лат. и греч. корней apiaceous - зонтичный cetaceous - китовый foliaceous - лиственный, листовидный graminaceous …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
-ACEOUS — (биология) образует прил. от лат. и греч. корней: - apiaceous зонтичный; - cetaceous китовый; - foliaceous лиственный, листовидный; - graminaceous …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ACEOUS — Function: adjective suffix Etymology: Latin -aceus 1 a : characterized by : full of <set aceous > b : consisting …
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TUFF — noun Etymology: earlier tuph, tuft porous rock, from Middle French tuf, from Old Italian tufo Date: 1815 a rock composed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOLIACEOUS — adjective Etymology: Latin foliaceus, from folium leaf + -aceus -aceous Date: 1658 of, relating to, or resembling an ordinary green …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ECHINACEA — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from echin- + -acea (feminine of -aceus -aceous) Date: circa 1859 the dried rhizome, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DIATOM — noun see: tome Date: 1845 any of a class (Bacillariophyceae) of minute planktonic unicellular or colonial algae with silicified skeletons …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAMPHOR — noun Etymology: Middle English caumfre, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~a, from Arabic kāfūr, from Malay kapur Date: 14th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-ACEAE — noun plural suffix Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of -aceus -aceous plants of the nature of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOLENACEAN — I. |sälə|nāsh(ē)ən, |sōl- adjective also sole·na·ceous -shəs Etymology: New Latin Sōlēn + English -acean, -aceous : of, relating to, or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUIRASS — I. kwēˈras, kwiˈ-, kyu̇ˈ-, kyüˈ-, -raa(ə)s, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English curas, from Middle French curasse, cuirasse, …
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-ACEAN — I. adjective suffix Etymology: New Latin -acea, -aceae + English -an : -aceous ros acean II. noun suffix ( -s …
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VIOLACEOUS — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lāshəs adjective Etymology: Latin violaceus, from viola violet + -aceus -aceous 1. : of the color violet 2. [New Latin …
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VINACEOUS — (ˈ)vī|nāshəs adjective Etymology: Latin vinaceus of wine, from vinum wine + -aceus -aceous — more at wine 1. : of …
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VERDACCIO — verˈdä(ˌ)chō, -_chēˌō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian, from verde green (from Latin viridis ) + -accio (from Latin -aceus …
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TUFFACEOUS — ˌtəˈfāshəs adjective Etymology: tuff + -aceous : of, relating to, or resembling tuff
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TUFACEOUS — t(y)üˈfāshəs adjective Etymology: Italian tufaceo, from Latin tofaceus, from tofus tufa + -aceus -aceous : of, relating to, or resembling …
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TRUTTACEOUS — |trə|tāshəs adjective Etymology: New Latin truttaceus, from Medieval Latin trutta trout + Latin -aceus -aceous : of, relating to, or …
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TOPHACEOUS — təˈfāshəs adjective Etymology: Latin tophaceus, tofaceus, from tophus, tofus tufa + -aceus -aceous 1. archaic : of the nature of …
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TESTACEOUS — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷shəs adjective Etymology: Latin testaceus consisting of bricks, covered with a shell, from testa piece of burned clay, brick, shell …
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TERRACEOUS — (ˈ)te|rāshəs adjective Etymology: Latin terra earth + English -aceous : earthen
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SYPHACIA — sīˈfāshēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin sipho, siphon tube, pipe + -acea, feminine of -aceus -aceous …
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Concise Oxford English vocab

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