cereous

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cereous

  • /ˈsɪəɹiəs/

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From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).

adjective more cereous · most cereous

  1. obsolete waxen; waxy; like wax at night he [the bee] stores up his dayes gatherings, and what is worth his observation, goes into his cereous Tables, and what is not, pasles away at supper for Table-talke

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@misc{cereous_2026,
  title = {cereous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cereous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}