maculous

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English maculose, maculous, from Classical Latin maculōsus.[1] By surface analysis, macul(a) +‎ -ous.

Adjective

maculous (not comparable)

  1. Macular, spotted.

References

  1. ^ “maculous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.