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How to pronounce araneous

American English pronunciation

uh-RAY-nee-us

IPA
/əˈɹeɪniəs/
Syllables
uh · RAY · nee · us (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)

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What araneous means

adjective

Thin and delicate, like a cobweb

In a sentence: The fairy's wings were araneous, so thin that you could see the flowers through them.

Where it comes from: It comes from Latin, from a word for a spider or a spider's web.

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