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Subject: crinose: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Aug. 24, 2014

crinose \KRAHY-nohs, KRIN-ohs\ adjective 1. hairy. Quotes Clarence Wells at last surrendered To fate's fitful draughy phases, And, one day, sir, with a razor Off he swiped those crinose daisies! -- , Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 1924 Origin Crinose finds its origin in the Latin crinīs meaning "hair." The suffix -ose is used in formation of adjectives borrowed from Latin to denote "full" or "abounding in." Crinose entered English in the 1720s.

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