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French
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vitrōsus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
vitreux (feminine vitreuse, masculine plural vitreux, feminine plural vitreuses)
- vitreous, glassy
- Ce malade a l’œil vitreux. ― This invalid has a glass eye. (literally, “... has the eye glassy.”)
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