osseous

O1S1S1E1O1U1S1
/ˈɒsi.əs/

adjective

Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony.

Similar
ostealbony
OriginLatin osseus →
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Meanings

adjectiveosseous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, relating to, or made of bone; bony.

    It could be some kind of inception based advertising campaign… make people feel vulnerable so that they want to summon some osseous defenders?

    2020, Kazerad, Katia: Inquire, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), September 18 2020
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    One of Hecker's successors at the honest task of baking was Peter M. Baldwin, known to all as the 'General' — a tall, spare, osseous sort of man, built on the large Western plan, and thought to resemble Andrew Jackson.

    1900, Lindsay Swift, Brook Farm: Its Members, Scholars, and Visitors, New York: The MacMillan Company, page 120

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecomposed of or containing bone

Similar
ostealbony
Also see
bonyosteal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinosseus“bony, (attributive) bone”
  2. Englishosseous

Borrowed from Latin osseus (“bony, (attributive) bone”), from os (“bone”) + -eus.

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Translations

Arabic عَظْمِيّ
  • عَظْمِيّ (ʕaẓmiyy)relating to bone
Bulgarian ко́стен
  • ко́стен (kósten)relating to bone
Catalan ossi
  • ossirelating to bone
Chinese Mandarin 骨的
  • 骨的 (gǔ de)relating to bone
Czech kostní
  • kostnírelating to bone
Dutch been-, benig
  • been-relating to bone
  • benigrelating to bone
  • knokigrelating to bone
Finnish luu-, luinen
  • luu-relating to bone
  • luinenrelating to bone
French osseux
  • osseuxrelating to bone
German knöchern, Knochen-
  • knöchernrelating to bone
  • Knochen-relating to bone
Italian osseo
  • osseorelating to bone
Latin osseus
  • osseusrelating to bone
Persian استخوانی
  • استخوانی (ostoxâni)relating to bone
Polish kostny
  • kostnyrelating to bone
Portuguese ósseo
  • ósseorelating to bone
Romanian osos
  • ososrelating to bone
Russian ко́стный, костяно́й
  • ко́стный (kóstnyj)relating to bone
  • костяно́й (kostjanój)relating to bone
Slovak kostný
  • kostnýrelating to bone
Spanish óseo
  • óseorelating to bone
Ukrainian кісткови́й, кістяни́й
  • кісткови́й (kistkovýj)relating to bone
  • кістяни́й (kistjanýj)relating to bone
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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