uveous
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uveous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
- 1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3:
- Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;
Synonyms
[edit]- (of or pertaining to grapes): grapey
Etymology 2
[edit]From uvea + -ous. (Related to above via Latin uva.)
Adjective
[edit]uveous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
- 1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, published 1815, page 250:
- The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened; […] .
- 1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page,
- […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour.
Synonyms
[edit]- (of or pertaining to the uvea): uveal