Containing water or having a watery quality; full of moisture.
From Latin 'aquosus,' derived from 'aqua' (water). The suffix '-ose' is commonly used in chemistry and general adjectives to indicate abundance or presence of a quality.
This old word for 'watery' has nearly vanished from English, replaced by more common terms, but chemists still use it in formal contexts. It shows how scientific terminology preserves ancient Latin words that regular English speakers have forgotten.
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