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- adjective rare
rapid ; fast.
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"Reading is the most velocious way to ameliorate your vocabulary."
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"Reading is the most velocious way to ameliorate your vocabulary."
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The Learned Man Defended and Reform'd: A Discourse of Singular Politeness ... 1660
Jimmydiamond commented on the word velocious
at great speed
August 24, 2012
biocon commented on the word velocious
Google reveals 25,300 websites for velocious, 12,600 for celeritous and merely 768 for celerious.
February 23, 2015