speciose

English

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Etymology

From species +‎ -ose.[1]

Adjective

speciose (comparative more speciose, superlative most speciose)

  1. (taxonomy) Rich in species, such as when many species are members of a single genus.
    Synonym: species-rich
    • 1991, David M. Raup, Extinction: Bad genes or bad luck?, W. W. Norton and Company, pp 55-56,
      The most speciose living mammal genus (a small insectivore) has about 160 species.

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References

  1. ^ “speciose, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speˈt͡ʃo.ze/, (traditional) /speˈt͡ʃo.se/[1]
  • Rhymes: -oze, (traditional) -ose
  • Hyphenation: spe‧ció‧se

Adjective

speciose

  1. feminine plural of specioso

References

  1. ^ speciose in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Adjective

speciōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of speciōsus

References

  • “speciose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “speciose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “speciose”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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