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Uveous
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Uveous
U'VEOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
uveous
uveous
English
Adjective
uveous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
- 1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3,
- Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;
- 1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3,
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to grapes): grapey
Etymology 2
From uvea + -ous. (Related to above via Latin uva.)
Adjective
uveous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
- 1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, 1815, page 250,
- The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened; […] .
- 1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page,
- […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour.
- 1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, 1815, page 250,
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to the uvea): uveal