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Definition of Lacteous
1. a. Milky; resembling milk.
Definition of Lacteous
1. Adjective. milky; resembling milk ¹
2. Adjective. lacteal; conveying chyle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lacteous
1. resembling milk [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacteous
Literary usage of Lacteous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... dairy-woman; —gang, m. Anat. lactiferous duct; p, n. 1. vessel to keep or put
milk in; 2. Anal, lacteal (or lacteous) vessel: — gelte,/. Birf. ..."
2. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1859)
""Brother lacteous," said he, "you arc an angel, but not one of those that excel
in strength for the rough work of an apostate woild, that cannot and will ..."