Meaning of porraceous | Babel Free
pɔːˈɹeɪʃəsDefinitions
Resembling the leek in colour; greenish.
Examples
“If the lesser Intestines be wounded, he will be troubled with poraceous Vomiting, and what he eats or drinks will pass⟳ out of his Wound in less than half an hour[.]”
“During the night she vomited porraceous matter⟳.”
“[B]ut [I] had to say⟳ that the "foliage" was "emerald" or indeed (I discovered this in a Victorian book of verse by a gentleman called Bradford) that the "verdure" was "porraceous".”
“My pignoration, see⟳, is this smaragd, of porraceous hue. Bless my tripudiation, stellify my verses.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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