a. [f. prec. + -OUS.] Of the nature of adipocere.
c. 1850. A. S. Taylor, Med. Jurisp. (1873), I. vii. 129. The adipocerous state of the body could not have been brought about in less than six weeks.
1852. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., II. xvi. 54. Sebaceous and adipocerous matter, capable of being used in the fabrication of soap.
