limous

adj

limous

adj

/ˈlaɪməs/

Etymology From Latin limosus, from limus (“slime, mud”).

1

Obsolete muddy; slimy; viscous

  • the settling of mud and limous matter brought down by the river Nilus1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

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