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Meaning of "piceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICEOUS

From Latin piceus, from pixpitch².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PICEOUS

piceous  [ˈpɪsɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICEOUS

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

WHAT DOES PICEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of piceous in the English dictionary

The definition of piceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling pitch.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICEOUS


Alcaeus
ælˈsɪəs
caduceus
kəˈdjuːsɪəs
caseous
ˈkeɪsɪəs
Celsius
ˈsɛlsɪəs
Dionysius
ˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs
gaseous
ˈɡæsɪəs
griseous
ˈɡrɪsɪəs
gypseous
ˈdʒɪpsɪəs
interosseous
ˌɪntərˈɒsɪəs
Nicias
ˈnɪsɪəs
nongaseous
ˌnɒnˈɡæsɪəs
Odysseus
əˈdiːsɪəs
orichalceous
ˌɒrɪˈkælsɪəs
osseous
ˈɒsɪəs
Penzias
ˈpɛntsɪəs
Perseus
ˈpɜːsɪəs
prolixious
prəˈlɪksɪəs
Pseudo-Dionysius
ˌsjuːdəʊˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs
syngenesious
ˌsɪndʒɪˈniːsɪəs
Theseus
ˈθiːsɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICEOUS

piccanin
piccaninnies
piccaninny
Piccard
piccata
piccolo
piccoloist
piccy
pice
picene
pichiciago
pichiciego
picholine
pichurim
piciform
picine
pick
pick ´n´ mix
pick and choose
pick and mix

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of piceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICEOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

piceous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piceous
570 millions of speakers

English

piceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

piceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

piceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Piceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

piceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piceous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpura-pura
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

piceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

piceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

piceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

piceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाईसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

piceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

piceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

piceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piceous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICEOUS»

The term «piceous» is used very little and occupies the 169.162 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «piceous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «piceous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICEOUS»

Discover the use of piceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the ...
Female. Testaceous, pubescent. Head piceous, shining, testaceous on each side and in front, with a testaceous line between the hind border and each eye, and a testaceous curved mark between the sockets of the antennae; a large piceous ...
Francis Walker, 1869
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Black, immaculate, very shining: head sparsely and very finely punctured; eyes approximate ; antennae, palpi and mouth piceous, the first withlhe clava fuscous : thorax very finely punctured, with the ordinary basal punctures well defined ...
‎1843
3
Cladistic Analysis of North American Platynini and Revision ...
progressively darker, segments 4-1 1 rufo-piceous; pronotum rufous to rufo- testaceous; scutellum and basal margin of elytra rufo-testaceous; elytral disc dark , piceous with metallic reflection varying from metallic green to aeneous; elytral ...
James Kenneth Liebherr, 1986
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Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the ...
Color piceous to black. Head dorsally piceous to black, except a transverse bar between hind margins of eyes and anterior margin of clypeus and frons, reddish to piceous; head ventrally with genae piceous to black, gula reddish to piceous; ...
D. J. Larson, Yves Alarie, Robert Edward Roughley, 2000
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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
converging to the middle line, and directed forward: antenna: blackish; basal joints obscure piceous: palpi dull yellowish: thorax with the hairs converging to the middle line and directed forwards: elytra dull yellowish, darker on the base, suture ...
‎1839
6
A Revision of the Genera Sisenes Champion, Cantharosisenes ...
Head shiny, with vertex and frons piceous, clypeus and labrum lighter reddish- brown to yellowish-brown, or with vertex and clypeus yellowish-brown, frons and labrum darker reddish-brown to piceous; tips of mandibles piceous; antennae ...
Nadine Kriska, 2007
7
Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the ...
C. ruficdrne Black, slightly depressed, elytra with the outer margins piceous, and the apex pale red, antennae and palpi reddish-brown. 1-1 4. — Kirby. Steph. Ovate, shining black, finely punctulated ; head and thorax very equal on the surface, ...
James Wilson, James Duncan, 1834
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London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of ...
14 lines: superior uings dull ochreous, the lower portion variegated with? bright brown, leaving an oblique subrenif'orm transparent spot on the disc, a larger one covering the transverse nerwures (which are piceous) with va~ rious dots, and a  ...
‎1834
9
Illustrations of British Entomology: Or, A Synopsis of ...
Black, opaque, depressed : clypeus somewhat angular, with three obsolete tubercles: thorax rather coarsely punctured throughout, immaculate: elytra piceous black, punctate-striate, the striae rather wide but shallow, the interstices impunctate ...
James Francis Stephens, Baldwin and Cradock, 1830
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The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...
14 lines : superior wings dull ochreous, the lower portion variegated with bright brown, leaving an oblique subreniform transparent spot on the disc, a larger one covering the transverse nervures (which are piceous) with various dots, and a ...
‎1834

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICEOUS»

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Red means go in the Vale
... Battle of Bosworth Chanticleer, $45; d'Arenberg The Vociferate Dipsomaniac, $102; d'Arenberg The Piceous Lodestar, $102; Gemtree Uncut, ... «Good Food, Aug 13»
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Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon
... which he offers to the reader like a child sharing beloved treasures with a new friend, include piceous, welkin, and edentate. Even familiar words feel fresh and ... «Bookslut, Jun 09»

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