different between cadaverous vs cinereous

cadaverous

English

Etymology

cadaver +? -ous

Adjective

cadaverous (comparative more cadaverous, superlative most cadaverous)

  1. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
    • 1917 rev. 1925 Ezra Pound, "Canto I"
      Dark blood flowed in the fosse,
      Souls out of Erebus, cadaverous dead ...

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cadaverous

Translations

See also

  • cadaverously

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cinereous

English

Etymology

Latin cinereus, from the stem ciner- meaning ashes.

Adjective

cinereous (comparative more cinereous, superlative most cinereous)

  1. Of an ash-gray colour.
  2. Like ashes.
  3. Containing ashes.

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

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