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Meaning of "lentous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LENTOUS

lentous  [ˈlɛntəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LENTOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lentous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LENTOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lentous in the English dictionary

The definition of lentous in the dictionary is viscid or viscous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LENTOUS


amiantus
ˌæmɪˈæntəs
argentous
ɑːˈdʒɛntəs
atramentous
ˌætrəˈmɛntəs
cantus
ˈkæntəs
concentus
kənˈsɛntəs
Diophantus
ˌdaɪəʊˈfæntəs
filamentous
ˌfɪləˈmentəs
ligamentous
ˌlɪɡəˈmɛntəs
medicamentous
ˌmedɪkəˈmentəs
microdontous
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈdɒntəs
momentous
məʊˈmɛntəs
nonfilamentous
ˌnɒnfɪləˈmɛntəs
pedetentous
ˌpɛdɪˈtɛntəs
Pocahontas
ˌpɒkəˈhɒntəs
portentous
pɔːˈtɛntəs
QANTAS
ˈkwɒntəs
sarmentous
sɑːˈmentəs
sedimentous
ˌsɛdɪˈmɛntəs
tomentous
təˈmentəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LENTOUS

lentic
lenticel
lenticellate
lenticle
lenticular
lenticularly
lenticule
lentiform
lentigines
lentiginose
lentiginous
lentigo
lentil
lentisk
lentissimo
lentivirus
lento
lentoid
lentor

WORDS THAT END LIKE LENTOUS

adenomatous
atheromatous
calamitous
carcinomatous
circuitous
covetous
duplicitous
eczematous
edematous
erythematous
fortuitous
glaucomatous
granulomatous
gratuitous
necessitous
precipitous
rhizomatous
riotous
serendipitous
ubiquitous

Synonyms and antonyms of lentous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lentous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LENTOUS

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The translations of lentous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lentous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lentous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lentous
570 millions of speakers

English

lentous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lentous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lentous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lentous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lentous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lentous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lentous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lenten
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lentous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lentous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lentous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lentous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lentous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lentous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Lentous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lentous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lentous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lentous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lentous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lentous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λεντούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lentous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lentous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lentous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lentous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LENTOUS»

The term «lentous» is normally little used and occupies the 138.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LENTOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lentous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LENTOUS»

Discover the use of lentous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lentous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The works of Sir Thomas Browne
It is a mineral body, in the difference of stones,4 and reduced by some unto that subdivision which comprehendetb gems ; transparent, and resembling glass or ice, made of a lentous percolation5 of earth, drawn from the most pure and limpid  ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, 1884
2
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life ...
It is a mineral body, in the difference of stones,4 and reduced by some unto that subdivision which comprehendeth gems ; transparent, and resembling glass or ice, made of a lentous percolation5 of earth, drawn from the most pure and limpid  ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, 1852
3
Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence
It is a mineral body, in the difference of stones,6 and reduced by some unto that subdivision which comprehendeth gems; transparent, and resembling glass or ice, made of a lentous percolation7 of earth, drawn from the most pure and limpid  ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, 1835
4
Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. ...
It is a mineral body, in the difference of stones,4 and reduced by some unto that subdivision which comprehendeth gems ; transparent, and resembling glass or ice, made of a lentous percolation5 of earth, drawn from the most pure and limpid  ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, 1890
5
Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Religio medici. Pseudoxia ...
It is a mineral body, in the difference of stones,6 and reduced by some unto that subdivision which comprehendeth gems ; transparent, and resembling glass or ice, made of a lentous percolation7 of earth, drawn from the most pure and limpid  ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, 1835
6
Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin
It is a mineral body, in the difference of stones,4 and reduced by some unto that subdivision which comprehendeth gems ; transparent, and resembling glass or ice, made of a lentous percolation5 of earth, drawn from the most pure and limpid  ...
Thomas Browne (sir.), Simon Wilkin, 1852
7
Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Repertorium. A letter to a ...
As is observable in gums, hartshorn, and seeds, especially lentous natures, as quince, psyllium, mallows, &c, when these tenacious parts are forced out by ignition, they afford no farther concretion, as in burnt hartshorn, wherein there are lost ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, 1835
8
The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository
lentous. anb. "j&tttnt. geatjjs. THE METHODIST NEW CONNEXION MiGAZINE. JULY, 1867. Cfjeologw attb General. "With respect to the moral results of the schools, we may state that some good fruit has been the reward of those who have ...
9
Shakespeare's Genius Justified: A Few Concise Examples of ...
The word lentous is 'equally well applied in the present passage; for, by Lear's saying—The storm invades us to the skin, he tell us, he feels that viscosity, which wind and rain produce, by the adhesion of his apparel to his skin. The modern ...
Zachariah Jackson, 1819
10
Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
When they are soft, tough, and lentous, they can only be Rent (Sax. hrendan, to rend), as the beast of prey rends the flesh of his victim. From the nature of the case, that force which in breaking is momentary, in rending is continuous. " Lest they ...
‎1871

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LENTOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lentous is used in the context of the following news items.
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100 years ago: Hunting for frogspawn
“In this spawn of a lentous and transparent body are to be discerned many specks, or little conglobations, which in a small time become of a ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»

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