Resinous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or relating to resin.
"Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state ."
- 2 Negative (of electric charge). dated
- 1 having the characteristics of pitch or tar wordnet
Example
More examples"Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state ."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French résineux; cf. Latin resinosus. By surface analysis, resin + -ous.
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