cereous

English

Etymology

From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹiəs/
• Homophone: serious

Adjective

cereous (comparative more cereous, superlative most cereous)

1. (obsolete) waxen; waxy; like wax
   • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant notes upon Don Quixot:

     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

References

• “cereous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• e-course