Meanings
adjectivebelliferous (comparative more belliferous, superlative most belliferous)
comparative more belliferous · superlative most belliferous
- formalrareBringing war.
This work may otherwise appear attractive only to male readers, and more especially to those of the warlike professions, or of belliferous propensities.
1829, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine, page 37
Origin
From Latin bellum (“war”) + -iferous.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with belliferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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Chicago
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