English search results for: temperature

#1

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. (starch modified by high temperature OED)
  2. dextrin, British gum, leiocome
  • Age: Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. burning
  2. characterized by high temperature
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)