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ferreous en · ADJ

Etymology

From ferro- + -eous after the model of Latin ferreus, from ferrum (“iron”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”).

Meanings

1. (archaic) Synonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.
   • The ſecond way whereby bodies become blacke, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity, for ſo is Atramentum ſcriptorium, or writing Inke commonly made, by copperoſe caſt upon decoction or infuſion of galls... now artificiall copperoſe... is a rough and acrimonious kinde of salt drawne out of ferreous and eruginous earths, partaking chiefly of Iron and Copper, the blew of copper, the green moſt of Iron... 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book 6, Chapter XII: "A Digression Concerning Blacknesse", p. 336

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Synonyms

of or related to iron · ferrous