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glandulous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glan-du-lous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or composed of glands; glandular, glandulose.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin glandulōsus, from Latin glandula. By surface analysis, glandule + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: glandulōsus, glandula

Inflected Forms

more glandulous (comparative) most glandulous (superlative)

Derived Forms

glandulously glandulousness

Questions

What does glandulous mean?
Of, pertaining to, or composed of glands; glandular, glandulose.
Where does glandulous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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