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orchidaceous

adj

Etymology

From Orchidaceae; equivalent to orchid + -aceous.

  1. derived from ὄρχις — “orchid, testicle”
  2. derived from orchis
  3. borrowed from Orchideae
  4. suffixed as orchidaceous — “orchid + aceous”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to orchids.

    • In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks.

  2. Exotic in a rare, mysterious, alluring, or sensual way.

    • These stories were variously received. […] J. D. found them “charged with Corvonian idiosyncrasy, a jumble-jargon composed of modern slang, old English, Latin, Italian and Greek,” adding: “The Corvo vocabulary is orchidaceous.”

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