argenteous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin argenteus or formed from Latin argentum, suffixed with -ous.
Adjective
[edit]argenteous (not comparable)
- (formal) Silvery.
- 1803, The Philosophical Magazine: A Journal of Theoretical, Experimental and Applied Physics, Volume 15, Taylor & Francis, Limited:
- 4th, A portion properly evaporated furnished small crystals of acetite of zinc in argenteous leaves, which affected no regular form.
- 1841, William Yarrell, A history of British fishes - Volume 2:
- […] the sub-orbital bone occupies nearly the anterior inferior half of the orbit, and is of a beautiful argenteous lustre, like the operculum.
- 1922, The Australian Zoologist - Volume 3, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales:
- Occiput reddish, rather shining above, with an elongate argenteous spot in the middle, extended from the neck to the postvertical […]