Meanings
adjectivescarious (comparative more scarious, superlative most scarious)
comparative more scarious · superlative most scarious · alternative scariose
- biologythin, dry, membranous, and not green
A polymorphous plant, with larger (frequently three lines in diameter), more globose and racemose heads, and more scarious involucres than any form of A. vulgaris.
1838, John Torrey, Asa Gray, A Flora of North America, page 422 - thin, dry, membranous
Gray head goggling fowlwise on a scarious neck, turning.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 169
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchscarieux
- Englishscarious
French scarieux. Compare scary.
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Rhymes with scarious
varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
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MLA
“scarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scarious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarious.
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