PICEOUS


Meaning of PICEOUS in English

/pis"ee euhs, puy"see euhs/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.

2. inflammable; combustible.

3. Zool. black or nearly black as pitch.

[ 1640-50; piceus made of pitch, equiv. to pice- (s. of pix ) PITCH 2 + -us adj. suffix; see -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .