First Known Use: 1664
Dictionary
setaceous
adjective se·ta·ceous \si-ˈtā-shəs\
Definition of SETACEOUS
1
: set with or consisting of bristles
2
: resembling a bristle in form or texture
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Origin of SETACEOUS
Latin saeta, seta
Rhymes with SETACEOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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