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Latin
Etymology
varix (“dilated vein”) + -ōsus (“abounding in”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
varicōsus (feminine varicōsa, neuter varicōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- varicose, full of dilated veins
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “varicosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “varicosus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- varicosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- varicosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung