Etymology

apricious

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Today it means: Sunny; warmed by or basking in the sun. Full definition →

Latin aprīcus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromaprīcus“warmed by the sun, sunny”
  2. English todayapricious

From Latin aprīcus (“warmed by the sun, sunny”) + -ous. Compare apricity.

Words from the same roots

Latinaprīcus all →

apricate

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