"leavenous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more leavenous [comparative], most leavenous [superlative]
Etymology: From leaven + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|leaven|ous}} leaven + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} leavenous (comparative more leavenous, superlative most leavenous)
  1. Containing leaven.
    Sense id: en-leavenous-en-adj-cMIQjU78
  2. (figuratively) Inducing change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-leavenous-en-adj-nw4EM7Gr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
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