Meanings
comparative more flammeous · superlative most flammeous
- Having the color of fire or flame.
And that’s why his book lay in front of him, unfinished, though he could vouch for having written all these years, the ink vanishing on the pages each morning, when flammeous daylight broke into the room through a slight gap in the shutters.
2003, Siddharth Katragadda, The Rebellious Daughter, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2003
Origin
- Latinflammeus“fiery”
- Englishflammeous
From Latin flammeus (“fiery”), derivative of flamma (“a flame”).
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