Meanings
comparative more chitinous · superlative most chitinous
- Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
Not to mention you were too much of a scaredy cat to kill one of those chitinous shit-heads with your axe, my grandmother is less of a pussy than you and she’s gotten several painful diseases!
2012, Xevious, quoted in: Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), April 13 20121 more example
The Ra'zac landed in front of him and jutted out its neck. Eragon recoiled as a short, thick beak appeared from within the depths of its hood. The chitinous appendage snapped shut just short of his right eye.
2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 46
Origin
- Ancient Greekχῐτών (khĭtṓn)
- Latinchitōn
- Frenchchitine
- Englishchitin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishchitinous
Translations
Bulgarian хитинов
- хитинов (hitinov)made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
French chitineux
- chitineuxmade of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
Polish chitynowy
- chitynowymade of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
Portuguese quitinoso
- quitinosomade of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
Russian хити́новый
- хити́новый (xitínovyj)made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
Spanish quitinoso
- quitinosomade of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
Ukrainian хіти́новий
- хіти́новий (xitýnovyj)made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin
Cite this entry
chitinous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitinous
“chitinous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitinous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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