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pulpous, a.|ˈpʌlpəs|
[ad. L. pulpōs-us (see pulpose a.): cf. F. poulpeux (1539 R. Estienne in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Of the nature of or consisting of pulp; resembling pulp; pulpy.
1601Holland Pliny I. 561 The leaues verily that this graine Rice doth beare, be pulpous and fleshy. 1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. ii. (1682) 119 A small mass of pulpous substance for the Brain. 1725Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Pear Tree, This flower is succeeded by a pulpous fruit. 1796De Serra in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 503 A soft and pulpous matter, like that which is found in unripe antheræ. 1876Ruskin Fors Clav. lxix. 397 The special type of youthful blackguard..more or less blackly pulpous and swollen.
Hence ˈpulpousness rare, pulpy consistency.
1727in Bailey vol. II.; whence 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |