Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cereous

/ˈsɪəɹiəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cere-ous
IPA: /ˈsɪəɹiəs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

waxen; waxy; like wax

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"at night he [the bee] stores up his dayes gatherings, and what is worth his observation, goes into his cereous Tables, and what is not, pasles away at supper for Table-talke"

Etymology

From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more cereous (comparative) most cereous (superlative)

Homonyms

serious

Questions

How do you pronounce cereous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪəɹiəs/.
What does cereous mean?: waxen; waxy; like wax
Where does cereous come from?: From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).

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