lacteous

[lak-tee-uhs]

adjective

Archaic.

1. milky; of the color of milk.

Other Word Forms

• nonlacteous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lacteous¹

1640–50; < Latin lacteus; lact-, -eous

Example Sentences

Archesilaus, the physician, whose favourite and disciple Socrates was, said that men and beasts were formed of a lacteous slime, expressed by the heat of the earth.

From Project Gutenberg

Lacteous -eus: white, with a slight bluish tinge, like skim-milk.

From Project Gutenberg

Look contentedly upon the scattered difference of things, and expect not equality in lustre, dignity, or perfection, in regions or persons below; where numerous numbers must be content to stand like lacteous or nebulous stars, little taken notice of, or dim in their generations.

From Project Gutenberg

There were plenty of professors who were forever assiduously browsing in vales of Enna and on Pentelican slopes among the vestiges of antiquity, slowly secreting lacteous facts, and not one of them would have raised his head from that exquisite pasturage, though Pan had made music through his pipe of reeds.

From Project Gutenberg

Adj. semifluid, semiliquid; tremellose†; half melted, half frozen; milky, muddy &c. n.; lacteal, lactean†, lacteous†, lactescent†, lactiferous†; emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous†. gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous; glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous†, ropy, clammy, clotted; viscid, viscous; sticky, tacky, gooey; slab, slabby†; lentous†, pituitous†; mucid†, muculent†, mucous; gummy.

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Related Words

• frosted 
• opaque 
• pearly