miliary

American  

[mil-ee-er-ee, mil-yuh-ree] / ˈmɪl iˌɛr i, ˈmɪl yə ri /

adjective

1. resembling millet seeds.

2. Pathology. accompanied by papules or vesicles resembling millet seeds.

   miliary fever.

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miliary British  

/ ˈmɪljərɪ /

adjective

1. resembling or relating to millet seeds

2. (of a disease or skin eruption) characterized by small lesions resembling millet seeds

   miliary tuberculosis

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Other Word Forms

• submiliary adjective

Etymology

Origin of miliary

1675–85; < Latin miliārius of millet, equivalent to mili ( um ) millet + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

Mr. De Coito served in the miliary before his offense and became an electrician and a pilot after his release.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

In April 2021, for example, Garland approved a request to delay notifying Barbara Starr, CNN’s miliary correspondent, that the department had obtained her telephone records and non-content information from her email accounts.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

House Speaker Paul Ryan noted the ramped-up spending for the miliary that his GOP members sought.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2018

Steve McLaughlin, her opponent, comes from a ranching background and is retired from a 25-year career in the miliary.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2016

Broth, or other animal mucus, kept in similar circumstances, would in the same time acquire a putrid smell; yet has this error frequently produced miliary eruptions, and increased every kind of inflammatory or sensitive fever.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus