Meanings
adjectivestirious (comparative more stirious, superlative most stirious)
comparative more stirious · superlative most stirious
- obsoleteResembling icicles.
1646-72, Sir Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors Chrystal is found sometimes in rocks, and in some places not much unlike the stirrious or stillicidious dependencies of ice.
Synonyms: stiriated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling icicles.
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Origin
- Latinstiria“an icicle”
- Englishstirious
Latin stiria (“an icicle”).
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