Definition of Ovarious

1. a. Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food.

Definition of Ovarious

1. Adjective. (archaic) Consisting of eggs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ovarious

1. consisting of eggs [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovarious

ovariohysterectomy
ovariole
ovarioles
ovariolytic
ovarioncus
ovariopathy
ovariorrhexis
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingitis
ovariosteresis
ovariostomy
ovariotomies
ovariotomist
ovariotomists
ovariotomy
ovarious (current term)
ovaritides
ovaritis
ovarium
ovarium bipartitum
ovarium disjunctum
ovarium gyratum
ovarium lobatum
ovarium masculinum
ovary
ovaryless
ovate
ovate leaf
ovated
ovately

Literary usage of Ovarious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"But the ovarious state of their future offspring exposing the measure of their reproduction to accident and depredation, God has given them a mysterious ..."

2. An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and by William Fordyce Mavor (1802)
"the ovarious productions of these birds, but also from the flesh ; killing numbers of them at a time. So little timidity did they shew, that they suffered ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"ovarious, (o-va'-rn-ns) a. Consisting of eggs- To OSSIFY, (cs'-so-fi) vn To become bone. OSTENSIBLE, (98-ten'-»e-bl) a. ..."

4. The Poetical Works of James Thomson by James Thomson (1854)
"... his ovarious food; 873 Or sweeps the fishy shore! or treasures up The plumage, rising full, to form the bed Of luxury. And here awhile the Muse, ..."

5. The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson by James Thomson, James Logie Robertson (1908)
"... The shepherd's sea-girt reign ; or, to the rocks Dire-clinging, gathers his ovarious food; Or sweeps the fishy shore ; or treasures up The plumage, ..."

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