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nitidus

Pronunciation: [ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs]

“nitidus” is a Latin word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. shining, polished, glittering
  2. handsome, beautiful, good-looking
  3. healthy-looking, well conditioned
  4. sleek, plump
  5. blooming, fertile
  6. cultivated, refined
  7. pure, clean

Etymology

From niteō (“to shine”) + -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word.

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