miliary

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adjective

Of or pertaining to millet seeds.

“a miliary fever”

OriginLatin miliārius →
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Meanings

adjectivemiliary (comparative more miliary, superlative most miliary)

comparative more miliary · superlative most miliary

  1. Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
  2. medicineHaving small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.

    a miliary fever

    1 more example

    a miliary eruption

  3. Small and numerous.

    the miliary tubercles of Echini

nounmiliary (plural miliaries)

plural miliaries

  1. biologyOne of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.

Origin

  1. Latinmiliārius
  2. Englishmiliary

From Latin miliārius, from milium.

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Translations

Catalan miliar
  • miliarTranslations
French miliaire
  • miliaireTranslations
Latin miliarius
  • miliariusTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with miliary

auxiliarybiliarydomiciliaryciliarymucociliaryanteciliaryatrabiliarycircumciliaryextraciliaryinterciliaryintraciliaryiridociliarymulticiliarynasociliarynobiliarynonciliarypericiliarypostciliarypreciliaryretinociliarysuperciliary
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APA

miliary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miliary

MLA

“miliary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miliary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miliary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miliary.

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