ovarious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əʊˈvɛəɹi.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /oʊˈvɛɹi.əs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin ōvum + -arious.
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) Pertaining to or made up of eggs.
Here the plain harmless Native […] to the Rocks / Dire-clinging, gathers his ovarious Food […].
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC: