Meanings
adjectivecalcarious (not comparable)
- not comparablehaving calcium carbonate; chalky
At the top of the left ventricle, in the substance of the fleshy fibres, there was a concretion of calcarious phosphate, of a rounded form, and about the size of a small nut.
1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 176
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with calcarious
varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
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APA
calcarious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcarious
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“calcarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcarious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calcarious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcarious.
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