lutarious

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud.

OriginLatin lutarius →
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Meanings

adjectivelutarious (comparative more lutarious, superlative most lutarious)

comparative more lutarious · superlative most lutarious

  1. obsoleteOf, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud.

    A SCALY TORTOISE SHELL. It seems to be of the Lutarious kind

    1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinlutum
  2. Latinlutarius
  3. Englishlutarious

From Latin lutarius, from lutum (“mud”). Morphologically Latin lutum + -arious.

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APA

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

MLA

“lutarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lutarious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lutarious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lutarious.

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