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ceraceous

/sɚˈeɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cer-a-ceous
IPA
/sɚˈeɪʃəs/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Waxy.

Etymology

From Latin cēra (“wax”) + -aceous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ceraceous (comparative) most ceraceous (superlative)

Rhymes With

gracious spacious tenacious audacious ignatius herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious efficacious

Questions

How do you pronounce ceraceous?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɚˈeɪʃəs/.
What does ceraceous mean?
Waxy.
Where does ceraceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce ceraceous

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