spicoseadj.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quot. 1775.)In later dictionaries.
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Spicose, full of ears, having many ears like corn.
Derivatives
spiˈcosity n.
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1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Spicosity, a being spiked or pricked like an Ear of Corn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1721- to look lively
- to look look out for number one
- to look mind one's hits
- to look nice
- to look nine ways
- to look nine ways at at thrice
- to look nine ways at once
- to look nine ways for sunday
- to look of
- to look off
- to look old-fashioned at
- to look oldfashioned at
- to look on
- to look on ahead
- to look on formerly also to the bright side of
- to look on formerly also to the bright side of something
- to look on formerly also to the dark side of
- to look on formerly also to the dark side of something
- to look on formerly also to the etc side of
- to look on formerly also to the etc side of something
- to look on the black side
- to look on the bright side
- to look on the bright side of
- to look on the bright side of something
- to look on the dark side