uveous

uveous

English

Etymology 1

From uva +‎ -eous.

Adjective

uveous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
   • 1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3,

     Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to grapes): grapey

Etymology 2

From uvea +‎ -ous. (Related to above via Latin uva.)

Adjective

uveous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
   • 1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, 1815, page 250,

     The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened; […] .

   • 1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page,

     […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the uvea): uveal