Uliginous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Slimy.
"[In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]"
- 2 Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
- 3 Growing in muddy places.
"The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori, for their Growth and Enlargement."
Example
More examples"[In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]"
Etymology
From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”).
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