lacteous

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈlæktiəs/

Definition of lacteous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Milky; resembling milk.
    “For though we leave out the Lacteous circle (which Aratus, Geminus, and Proclus, out of him hath numbered among the rest) yet are there more by four than Philo mentions ; that is, the Horizon, Meridian and both the Colures ; circles very considerable”
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adj

  1. (archaic)Milky; resembling milk.
    “For though we leave out the Lacteous circle (which Aratus, Geminus, and Proclus, out of him hath numbered among the rest) yet are there more by four than Philo mentions ; that is, the Horizon, Meridian and both the Colures ; circles very considerable”
  2. (archaic)Lacteal; conveying chyle.
    “lacteous vessels”

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Etymology

See lacteal.

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