Meanings
adjectiveoxygenous (comparative more oxygenous, superlative most oxygenous)
comparative more oxygenous · superlative most oxygenous
- obsoleteoxygenic
The colour we now know to be owing to the influence of the oxygenous gas, and the darker colour of venal blood to carbone.
1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary, volume 2, page 279
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
- Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchoxygène
- Englishoxygen
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishoxygenous
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APA
oxygenous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxygenous
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“oxygenous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxygenous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxygenous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxygenous.
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