actuose

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adjective

Very active.

OriginLatin actuōsus →
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Meanings

adjectiveactuose (comparative more actuose, superlative most actuose)

comparative more actuose · superlative most actuose

  1. LateModernrareVery active.

    When I say that the soul is actuose, this is to emphasize once more that it is not to be thought of as a substance, an existing entity or being, but as ongoing enactment or performance.

    2012, Wolfgang Giegerich, What Is Soul?

Origin

  1. Latinactuōsus“active”
  2. Englishactuose

Learned borrowing from Latin actuōsus (“active”).

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APA

actuose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuose

MLA

“actuose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actuose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuose.

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