limous

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/ˈlaɪməs/

adjective

muddy; slimy; viscous

OriginLatin limosus →
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Meanings

adjectivelimous (comparative more limous, superlative most limous)

comparative more limous · superlative most limous

  1. obsoletemuddy; slimy; viscous

    the settling of mud and limous matter brought down by the river Nilus

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinlimosus
  2. Englishlimous

From Latin limosus, from limus (“slime, mud”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

moulis
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Chicago

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