Meanings
comparative more orchidaceous · superlative most orchidaceous
- biologyOf or pertaining to orchids.
In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks.
Synonyms: orchidean, orchideous
- Exotic in a rare, mysterious, alluring, or sensual way.
These stories were variously received. […] J. D. found them “charged with Corvonian idiosyncrasy, a jumble-jargon composed of modern slang, old English, Latin, Italian and Greek,” adding: “The Corvo vocabulary is orchidaceous.”
1923 September, Shane Leslie, “Frederick Baron Corvo”, in J[ohn] C[ollings] Squire, editor, The London Mercury, volume VIII, number 47, London: The London Mercury Ltd, →OCLC, page 510
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to orchids.
Origin
From Orchidaceae; equivalent to orchid + -aceous.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese orquidáceo
- orquidáceopertaining to orchids
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with orchidaceous
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