piceous

[ pis-ee-uhs, pahy-see-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling pitch.

  2. inflammable; combustible.

  1. Zoology. black or nearly black as pitch.

Origin of piceous

1
1640–50; <Latin piceus made of pitch, equivalent to pice- (stem of pix) pitch2 + -us adj. suffix; see -ous

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piceous

/ (ˈpɪsɪəs, ˈpaɪsɪəs) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling pitch

Origin of piceous

1
C17: from Latin piceus, from pix pitch ²

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