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発音

• IPA: /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

形容詞

uliginous (comparative more uliginous, superlative most uliginous)

1. Slimy.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 179:

     [In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]

2. Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
3. Growing in muddy places.
   • 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Introduction to Class V. Of the Marine Corals.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 118:

     The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori, for their Growth and Enlargement.

   • 1886, Asa Gray, Contributions to American Botany. A Revision of the North American Ranunculi‎:

     Ranunculus Lapponicus, L. Uliginous or subaquatic, fibrous-rooted, with entire or merely denticulate or crenulated and petiolate leaves.

同意語

• (slimy): lubricous, slimish, sludgy; see also Thesaurus:viscous
• (marshy, swampy): boggy, quaggy, wiery; see also Thesaurus:marshy

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