ovarious

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UK/əʊˈvɛəɹi.əs/US/oʊˈvɛɹi.əs/

adjective

Pertaining to or made up of eggs.

OriginLatin ōvum →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

adjectiveovarious (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablePertaining to or made up of eggs.First known use 18th c.

    Here the plain harmless Native […] to the Rocks / Dire-clinging, gathers his ovarious Food […].

    a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinōvum
  2. Englishovarious

From Latin ōvum + -arious.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ovarious

varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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