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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VELUTINOUS

From New Latin velūtīnus like velvet.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VELUTINOUS

velutinous  [vəˈluːtɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VELUTINOUS

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

WHAT DOES VELUTINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of velutinous in the English dictionary

The definition of velutinous in the dictionary is covered with short dense soft hairs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VELUTINOUS


battiness
ˈbætɪnəs
bittiness
ˈbɪtɪnəs
chitinous
ˈkaɪtɪnəs
cretinous
ˈkrɛtɪnəs
dustiness
ˈdʌstɪnəs
emptiness
ˈɛmptɪnəs
fattiness
ˈfætɪnəs
feistiness
ˈfaɪstɪnəs
frostiness
ˈfrɒstɪnəs
fruitiness
ˈfruːtɪnəs
gelatinous
dʒɪˈlætɪnəs
glutinous
ˈɡluːtɪnəs
grittiness
ˈɡrɪtɪnəs
keratinous
kəˈrætɪnəs
mateyness
ˈmeɪtɪnəs
mountainous
ˈmaʊntɪnəs
mutinous
ˈmjuːtɪnəs
nuttiness
ˈnʌtɪnəs
ricketiness
ˈrɪkɪtɪnəs
scrutinous
ˈskruːtɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VELUTINOUS

velocity of circulation
velodrome
Velorum
velour
velours
veloutine
Velsen
velskoen
velum
velure
velveret
velvet
velvet ant
velvet glove
velvet revolution
velvet scoter
velvet shank
velvet stout
velvet-like
velveteen

WORDS THAT END LIKE VELUTINOUS

aluminous
bituminous
cartilaginous
conterminous
coterminous
heinous
luminous
mucilaginous
mucinous
nous
numinous
oleaginous
ominous
pulchritudinous
resinous
ruinous
spinous
tendinous
vertiginous
villainous
voluminous

Synonyms and antonyms of velutinous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «velutinous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VELUTINOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

茸毛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

velutinous
570 millions of speakers

English

velutinous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

velutinous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

velutinous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бархатистые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

velutino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

velutinous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veloutée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berselerak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

samtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

velutinous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

velutinous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slamet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

velutinous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

velutinous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेपर्वा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

velutinous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

velutinous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aksamitna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бархатисті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

velutinous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

velutinous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

velutinous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

velutinous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

velutinous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of velutinous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VELUTINOUS»

The term «velutinous» is used very little and occupies the 164.439 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VELUTINOUS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VELUTINOUS»

Discover the use of velutinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to velutinous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Systematics of Aloysia (Verbenaceae).
Leaves 3(4) ranked; petioles 14 mm long; laminae narrowly elliptic to elliptic (3: 12:1, L:W), 3.56.5 cm long, 1.02.5 cm wide, margins crenateserrate, basally acute to weakly attenuate, apically acute to roundedtriangular, adaxially velutinous, ...
Stephen Joseph Siedo, 2007
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Guide to Tendrillate Climbers of Costa Rican Mountains
Vine; stems terete, yellowish velutinous when young, sometimes glabrate with age, prickles absent. Leaves simple, to 15 cm long and 9 cm wide, ovate to ovate -oblong, tomentulose above when young but soon glabrate, yellowish velutinous  ...
Alexander Krings, Richard R. Braham, 2007
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Flora Europaea: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae)
72 Lower leaves truncate or cordate at base, with un- winged petiole 75 Style exserted ; corolla velutinous 65. 75 Style included; corolla not velutinous 76 Leaves broadly elliptical to ovate; calyx-tccth linear 71. 76 Leaves oblong to elliptical; ...
T. G. Tutin, 1976
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Flora of Alberta: A Manual of Flowering Plants, Conifers, ...
Shrubs or small trees 2-7 m tall; branches dark brown to yellowish brown, often remaining pubescent for 2-3 years, rarely glabrescent; branchlets velutinous to velutinous-lanate; leaves obovate to narrowly elliptic, 5-8 cm long, apex acute or  ...
Ezra Henry Moss, John G. Packer, 1983
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Flora of Tropical East Africa - Dichapetalac (1988)
Branches dark brown to black, glabrous or glabrescent, with small rather inconspicuous lenticels; branchlets, stipules and petioles densely golden-brown velutinous or hispidulous. Stipules narrowly triangular to subulate, entire, sometimes ...
‎1988
6
Fungi and Food Spoilage
7.28 Colonies on CYA 35–60 mm diam, plane or radially sulcate, velutinous or lightly floccose in central areas; mycelium usually inconspicuous, in floccose areas white or pale yellow, but the underlying surface growth coloured Salmon ( 6A4); ...
John I. Pitt, Ailsa D. Hocking, 2009
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Mountain Flora of Greece
Th. leucotrichus - Leaves velutinous without additional longer hairs 6. 6. Leaves short-petiolate, 1.5-3 mm wide 4. Th. dolopicus - Leaves sessile, 0.3-0.8 mm wide 6. Th. boissieri 7. Leaves velutinous, with additional longer hairs; margins ...
Arne Strid, Kit Tan, 1991
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A revision of the genus G̲l̲y̲c̲i̲n̲e̲ and its immediate allies
A climbing vine from a somewhat woody base; stems terete to angular, often quite stout (the flowering portion may be 3.5 mm. in diameter), densely ferrugineous-velutinous to tomentose; leaves pinnately trifoliolate, their petioles 2 -6 cm. long, ...
Frederick Joseph Hermann, 1962
9
Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in ...
Glumes of lower fertile spikelets 6–10 mm, 2–3-awned, awns 1.5–6 cm, glabrous, scabrous, or velutinous, if 3-awned, the central awn often shorter than the lateral awns, sometimes reduced to a tooth; glumes of apical spikelets 6–8 mm, ...
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 2007
10
Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium
Vegetative branches velutinous or tomentulose, pubescence abraded from older parts. Stem stipules ca 10 mm long, ca 9 mm wide, triangular, apex acute, finely velutinous adaxially, velutinous or tomentulose- velutinous abaxially, deciduous;  ...

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VELUTINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term velutinous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Music Monday! Old Wave, Atriarch, Magic Sword & More
Wampire's new album Bazaar comes out on Polyvinyl on October 7, and here's the second advance track, the witchy, velutinous, rumbling "The Amazing Heart ... «The Portland Mercury, Sep 14»
2
We have a winner in the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which …
Velutinous: (Velvety. Kid nailed this one, too). There were 281 kids aged between eight and 15 at the finals this year. That's now been whittled down to a dozen ... «NEWS.com.au, May 14»
3
Drake, The Weeknd, and the Battle for Marvin Gaye's Mantle
Yet Drake's velutinous new single sorely lacks steam, oversimplifying the passions of “Let's Get It On” or late-night yearning of “After The Dance” as if stiltedly ... «Consequence of Sound, Sep 13»
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In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat …
... if the memory is much more than a lot of velutinous petting alongside irascible demands for submaxillary attention, you probably weren't making the most of it. «Wired, Aug 12»
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The Pitiful Life of an Internet Troll (A Delightful Rant)
Administering the Cold Shoulder to a Troll is akin to spraying industrial strength Lysol on a patch of velutinous black mold—with enough chemical power, the ... «TechnoBuffalo, Sep 11»
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His Love of Words Rivals His Contempt for Critics
His style is sumptuous, lush with adjectives and rarefied words -- "crepitant," "velutinous" -- that some find show-offy, and others Joycean. ("We do have a fatal ... «New York Times, Nov 05»

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