cereousadj.
/ˈsɪəriːəs/ Of the nature of wax, waxen, waxy.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [adjective]
cereous1601
ceraceous1768
waxy1799
wax1859
ceral1883
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > plastic
malleablec1395
pliablec1475
submissivea1593
waxen1594
cereous1601
mouldable1626
shapeable1647
soluble1650
fictile1676
wax-like1748
plastic1791
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 135 That cereous substance Propolis.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. v. 52 What is worth his observation, goes into his cereous Tables.
1679 Sir T. Browne Wks. (1852) III. 459 The bones of a dead body cereous or somewhat soft like wax.
1803–4 Syd. Smith in Athenæum (1884) 18 Oct. 490/3 The room..is lighted up..and in this cereous galaxy, etc.
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