resinous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French résineux; cf. Latin resinosus. By surface analysis, resin + -ous.
Meanings
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Of or relating to resin.
Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state .
1855, William Somerville Orr, Orr's Circle of the Sciences, page 205:
- (dated) Negative (of electric charge).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most resinous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more resinous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nonresinous · vitreous · watery · runny
Deriveds
resinously · subresinous · nonresinous · resinousness · semiresinous
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
pitchy · asphaltite · asphaltic · bituminous · tarry
Synonyms
resinlike · resinaceous · resinaceous · resiny · resinous
Translations (19)
es resinoso (of or pertaining to resin) · fi pihkainen (of or pertaining to resin) · la rēsīnōsus (of or pertaining to resin) · bg смолист (of or pertaining to resin) · ro rășinos (of or pertaining to resin) · ca resinós (of or pertaining to resin) · de harzig (of or pertaining to resin) · izh pihkain (of or pertaining to resin) · it resinoso (of or pertaining to resin) · grc ἔνδᾳδος (of or pertaining to resin) · izh ruakas (of or pertaining to resin) · ru смоли́стый (of or pertaining to resin) · sv kådig (of or pertaining to resin) · tr çıralı (of or pertaining to resin) · ota ساقزلو (of or pertaining to resin) · pl żywicowy (of or pertaining to resin) · ga roisíneach (of or pertaining to resin) · pl żywiczny (of or pertaining to resin) · el ρητινώδης (of or pertaining to resin)