Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to adipocere; containing adipocere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like adipocere.
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- adjective Like
adipocere .
Etymologies
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adipocere + -ous
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Examples
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'Wha' paper? 'inquired Sum Fat, who was squeezing a nasty-looking adipocerous mass into fish-balls for his boarders.
Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884
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It has been proved that morels (Morchella esculenta) can be converted into sebaceous and adipocerous matter, capable of being used in the fabrication of soap.
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(Morchella esculenta) can be converted into sebaceous and adipocerous matter, capable of being used in the fabrication of soap.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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