spadiceous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /spəˈdɪʃəs/
- /spəˈdɪʃiəs/
Etymology
From Latin spadix, spadicis (“a date-brown or nut-brown color”). See spadix.
Meanings
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(archaic) Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour.
Of those five [horns] which Scaliger beheld, though one spadiceous, or of a light red, and two inclining to red, yet was there not any of this complexion among them.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- (archaic) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of similar to a spadix.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more spadiceous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most spadiceous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |