CERNUOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (SUHR-noo/nyoo-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Drooping, nodding, or bending forward.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cernuus (bowing). Earliest documented use: 1653.
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CZERNUOUS - pedantic, predictable, monotonous, and thorough

CERNulous - like a microcosm of atomic physicists

CORNUOUS - horny