Meanings
adjectivefolious (comparative more folious, superlative most folious)
comparative more folious · superlative most folious
- Like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.
folious appearances , and not the central and vital interiors of truth
c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC - biologyfoliose
Origin
- Latinfoli(ō)“leaf”
- Englishfolious
From Latin foli(ō) (“leaf”) + -ous. See also foliose.
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