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Word: Piceous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin piceus made of pitch, pitchy, like pitch (from pic-, pix + -eus: see -eous) + -ous
Definition:
Of a pitchy or brownish-black colour.
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