apricious

English

Etymology

From Latin aprīcus (“warmed by the sun, sunny”) + -ous. Compare apricity.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈpɹɪʃəs/

Adjective

apricious (comparative more apricious, superlative most apricious)

  1. (rare, archaic) Sunny; warmed by or basking in the sun.
    • 1879, Thomas Caulfield Irwin, Winter and Summer Stories: And Slides of Fancy's Lantern‎[1], page 127:
      The light, warm wind freshens as the barque surges along the Ausonian coasts in the blue apricious glow of its summer.

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