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Webster 1913 Edition

(ȧ-lū-mĭ-nŭs)

Adj.

[L.

aluminosus

, fr.

alumen

alum: cf. F.

alumineux

Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina;

as,

aluminous

minerals,

aluminous

solution

Adj.

Pertaining to alum or alumina, or partaking of the same properties.

aluminous ‎(not comparable)

of or pertaining to alumina or alum