æruginous

A form of aeruginous — Synonym of verdigrisy, of or related to copper carbonate, bluish green.

Meanings

adjectiveæruginous (comparative more æruginous, superlative most æruginous)

comparative more æruginous · superlative most æruginous

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of aeruginous.

    Æruginous vomiting, ſpitting at the bye-ſtanders, gnaſhing or grinding of the teeth, or ſnatching at the bed-clothes, are the fore-runners of a diſſolution.

    1785, Thomas Marryat, Therapeutics; or, The Art of Healing, 7th edition, Birmingham: […] Pearson and Rollason; and sold by R. Baldwin, […], London, pages 35–36
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