adoptious

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adjective

Adopted.

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Meanings

adjectiveadoptious (comparative more adoptious, superlative most adoptious)

comparative more adoptious · superlative most adoptious

  1. obsoleteAdopted.

    […] with a world Of pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms, That blinking Cupid gossips.

    c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

Origin

From adopt + -ious.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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