ceraceous

[suh-rey-shuh s]

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adjective

waxlike; waxy: a ceraceous surface.

Origin of ceraceous

1760–70; < Latin cēr(a) wax (compare Greek kērós wax) + -aceous

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Related Words for ceraceous

lustrous, impressible, waxen, impressionable, facile, pale, plastic, pliable, slick, slippery, smooth, yielding, ceraceous, fictile

British Dictionary definitions for ceraceous

ceraceous

adjective

waxlike or waxy

Word Origin for ceraceous

C18: from Latin cēra wax

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Word Origin and History for ceraceous

adj.

"waxy," 1738, from Latin cera "wax" (see cere (n.)) + -aceous.