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piceous

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piceous · more piceous · most piceous

Resembling pitch in colourResembling pitch in colour; a very dark brown.

UK/ˈpɪ.sɪ.əs/US/ˈpɪ.si.əs/

Значение

значений: 2

Resembling pitch in colour; a very dark brown.
(устаревшее, редкое)Of or pertaining to pitch (“a sticky, dark brown substance obtained from distilling turpentine or wood tar, or crude oil or tar”); having a quality like pitch.

Происхождение

From Latin piceus (“like pitch; pitch-black”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting p

From Latin piceus (“like pitch; pitch-black”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality). Piceus is derived from pix (“pitch, tar”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat; milk”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the sources of attributes). The English word is cognate with Italian piceo (“like pitch; of a dark brown colour”), Spanish piceo (“like pitch; of a dark brown colour”).

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