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aeneous
or a·ë·ne·ous
[ ey-ee-nee-uhs ]
/ eɪˈi ni əs /
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adjective
bronze-colored: an aeneous beetle.
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Origin of aeneous
1805–15; <Latin aēneus, equivalent to aēn(us) of bronze (ae(s) bronze + -n- adj. suffix) + -eus-eous
Words nearby aeneous
-aemia, Aeneas, Aeneas Silvius, Aeneid, Aeneolithic, aeneous, A.Eng., Aeolian, aeolian deposits, aeolian harp, Aeolian Islands
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