dulciferous

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adjective

Having a pleasant disposition.

OriginLatin dulcifer →
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Meanings

adjectivedulciferous (comparative more dulciferous, superlative most dulciferous)

comparative more dulciferous · superlative most dulciferous

  1. datedrareHaving a pleasant disposition.

    It put a touch of acid into his dulciferous mildness.

    1892, Israel Zangwill, The Grandchildren of the Ghetto
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    He may roil your mind with his collusions but I will elaqueate your dulciferous egoity when your heart dehisces to the epiphoras which house no elench.

    1911, James Ira Deese Miller, A Guide Into the South, volume I, Atlanta: Index Printing Company, page 35

Origin

  1. Latindulcis“sweet”
  2. Latindulcifer“containing sweetness”
  3. Englishdulciferous

From Latin dulcifer (“containing sweetness”), from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Equivalent to dulce + -i- + -ferous.

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APA

dulciferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulciferous

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Chicago

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