cereous

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/ˈsɪəɹiəs/

adjective

waxen; waxy; like wax

OriginLatin cēreus →
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Meanings

adjectivecereous (comparative more cereous, superlative most cereous)

comparative more cereous · superlative most cereous

  1. obsoletewaxen; waxy; like wax

    at night he [the bee] stores up his dayes gatherings, and what is worth his observation, goes into his cereous Tables, and what is not, pasles away at supper for Table-talke

    1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant notes upon Don Quixot

Origin

  1. Latincēreus
  2. Englishcereous

From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).

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