cineritious
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Cineritious — Cin er*i tious, a. [L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; having the color of ashes, as the cortical substance of the brain. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cineritious — adjective See cinereous. The coal miners daughter was buxom and pretty but lacked color, her cheeks cineritious (ashen) as the grime that had supported her meager upbringing deep within the mountain country of West Virginia … Wiktionary
cineritious — I. a. Ashy, ashen, cineritious, like ashes. II. a. 1. Ashy. See Cinereous. 2. Ash colored, ashen, ash gray … New dictionary of synonyms
cineritious — cin·er·i·tious … English syllables
cineritious — |sinə|rishəs adjective Etymology: Latin cineritius, cinericius, from ciner , cinis ashes archaic : cinereous … Useful english dictionary
ashy — a. 1. Cineraceous, cineritious, cinereous, favillous, like ashes. 2. Pale, pallid, whitish, gray, ash colored, cineraceous, cineritious, cinereous. See ashen, 2 … New dictionary of synonyms
cinereous — /si near ee euhs/, adj. 1. in the state of or reduced to ashes: cinereous bodies. 2. resembling ashes. 3. ashen; ash colored; grayish: a cinereous bird. Also, cineritious /sin euh rish euhs/. [1655 65; < L cinereus, equiv. to ciner (s. of cinis)… … Universalium
Gray — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Gray >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 gray gray &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 neutral tint neutral tint silver pepper and salt chiaroscuro grisaille =>(Pigments) GRP: N Pigments Sgm: N Pigments Payne s gray … English dictionary for students
favillous — a. Ashy, ashen, cinereous, cineritious, like ashes … New dictionary of synonyms
cinerial — a. pertaining to like or coloured like ashes. ♦ cinereous, ♦ cineritious, a. like ashes … Dictionary of difficult words
