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stramineous, a.|strəˈmɪniːəs|
[f. L. strāmine-us (f. strāmen straw) + -ous.]
1. Consisting of or relating to straw; fig. valueless.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iv. vii. (1624) 148 His sole study is for words, that..not a syllable [be] misplaced, to set out a stramineous subiect. 1641C. Burges Serm. 5 Nov. 33 Much ado made about a supposed stramineous Miracle of Garnets face found in a straw. 1658J. Robinson Endoxa, Calm Ventil. ii. 123 Upon a suddain approach of the warmed Electrick, the stramineous bodies will, at first, a little recede. 1900Saintsbury Hist. Criticism i. 66 He not only seems to be dealing with men of straw, but answers them with, as Luther would say, a most ‘stramineous’ argument.
2. Bot. Straw-coloured; dull pale yellow.
1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 204/1 Stramineous, straw-like, straw-coloured. 1871W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 99 Ochroleucous or stramineous. |