acerosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From acus (“husk of grain; chaff”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kɛˈroː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.t͡ʃeˈrɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === acerōsus (feminine acerōsa, neuter acerōsum); first/second-declension adjective full of chaff, mixed with chaff, having husks included, chaffy ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: acerose === References === “acerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "acerosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “acerosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.