Meanings
adjectiveapricious (comparative more apricious, superlative most apricious)
comparative more apricious · superlative most apricious
- archaicrareSunny; warmed by or basking in the sun.
The light, warm wind freshens as the barque surges along the Ausonian coasts in the blue apricious glow of its summer.
1879, Thomas Caulfield Irwin, Winter and Summer Stories: And Slides of Fancy's Lantern, page 127Synonyms: heliophilous, sunny
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSunny; warmed by or basking in the sun.
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Origin
- Latinaprīcus“warmed by the sun, sunny”
- Englishapricious
From Latin aprīcus (“warmed by the sun, sunny”) + -ous. Compare apricity.
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