veinous

English

Etymology

From vein +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɪ.nəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪnəs

Adjective

veinous (comparative more veinous, superlative most veinous)

1. Having prominent veins.

   Synonym: veiny

   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 26, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous.

2. From, or related to veins.

   Synonyms: venous, venal

   I do a veinous draw once a month at the doctor's lab.

   • 2004, Henry Heymering, American Farriers' Journal‎, volume 30:

     Farriers should have an awareness of blood flow and veinous arterial and capillary blood flow in the foot and how this flow changes under load and when it's unloaded.

Translations

having veins

Italian: venoso (it) Turkish: damarlı (tr)

from, or related to veins

Anagrams

• envious, niveous