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cinereous

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Adjective
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ci=ner=e=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

cinereousa. [L. cinereus, fr. cinis ashes.].
     Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cinereous, adj. (esp. of a bird or plumage) ash-grey.

Etymology
L cinereus f. cinis -eris ashes

ROGET THESAURUS

cinereous

Gray

N gray, neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille, Payne's gray, black, gray, grey, iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan, calcareous, limy, favillous, silver, silvery, silvered, ashen, ashy, cinereous, cineritious, grizzly, grizzled, slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored, cool.


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