scorious

English

Etymology

From scoria +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs

Adjective

scorious (comparative more scorious, superlative most scorious)

1. scoriaceous
   • 1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:

     For by the fire they omit not only many drossie and scorious parts, but whatsoever they had received either from the earth or Loadstone;