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cineritious

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ci⋅ne⋅re⋅ous

  [si-neer-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. in the state of or reduced to ashes: cinereous bodies.
2. resembling ashes.
3. ashen; ash-colored; grayish: a cinereous bird.
Also, cin⋅er⋅i⋅tious  [sin-uh-rish-uhs] .

Origin:
1655–65; < L cinereus, equiv. to ciner- (s. of cinis) ashes + -eus -eous
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