Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VIT'RE-OUS
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VIT'RE-OUS, a. [L. vitreus, from vitrum, glass or woad; W. gleydyr, glass, a greenish blue color.]
- Pertaining to glass.
- Consisting of glass; as, it vitreous substance.
- Resembling glass; as, the vitreous humor of the eye, so called from its resembling melted glass. [See Humor.]
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