flouryadj.

Brit.

/ˈflaʊ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈflaʊ(ə)ri/

Forms: Also 1500s flowry.

Etymology: < flour n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Of or pertaining to flour. †Of grain: Yielding flour.

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the world > food and drink > food > flour > [adjective]

flourena1300

floury1605

farinous1656

farinaceous1667

farinose1727

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 126 The stone which grinds the flowerie cornes.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 296 A mill..whose floury duskiness Our hungry souls with many a hope did bless.

b. Covered or sprinkled with flour or powder.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > covered with flour

floury1826

1826 T. Hood Irish Schoolmaster xxix, in Whims & Oddities 132 Some dronish Dominie, That..wears a floury head.

1884 Cent. Mag. 28 88 There was blood upon her floury apron.

c. Resembling flour; flourlike, mealy, powdery.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty

pulverous?a1425

powderyc1425

mealy1541

dusty1552

mully1570

pulverulentous1640

pulvereous1656

pulverulent1656

pulveral1657

powderal1662

farinaceous1664

smutty1667

snuffy1789

floury1830

pulverulous1841

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 171 Embryo surrounding floury albumen.

1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land 157 A sleigh, running along in the soft, floury powder at the sides.

1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. App. §4. 283 Steam the peeled potatoes until they become quite floury (‘mealy’).

d. floury miller n. Abricta curvicosta, an Australian cicada whose body is covered with white down.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae > arbricta curvicosta (floury miller)

miller1896

floury miller1904

1904 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales XXIX. 600 This is a common species in the neighbourhood of Sydney in mid-summer, and is known as the ‘Floury Miller’ on account of the quantity of silvery pubescence covering the body, which makes it look as though it had been dusted with flour.

1925 Illustr. Austral. Encycl. I. 269/1 Well-known species [of cicadas] are the Red-eye..and the Floury Miller.., both names well describing the insect's appearance.

1970 T. E. Woodward et al. in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxvi. 413/1 Many striking cicadas occur in Australia... Among these are the ‘double drummer’, Thopha saccata (F.), the ‘floury miller’, Abricta curvicosta Germ., and the ‘green Monday’, Cyclochila australasiae (Don.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	floury
释义	flouryadj. Brit. /ˈflaʊ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈflaʊ(ə)ri/ Forms: Also 1500s flowry. Etymology: < flour n. + -y suffix¹. a. Of or pertaining to flour. †Of grain: Yielding flour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > flour > [adjective] flourena1300 floury1605 farinous1656 farinaceous1667 farinose1727 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 126 The stone which grinds the flowerie cornes. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 296 A mill..whose floury duskiness Our hungry souls with many a hope did bless. b. Covered or sprinkled with flour or powder. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > covered with flour floury1826 1826 T. Hood Irish Schoolmaster xxix, in Whims & Oddities 132 Some dronish Dominie, That..wears a floury head. 1884 Cent. Mag. 28 88 There was blood upon her floury apron. c. Resembling flour; flourlike, mealy, powdery. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty pulverous?a1425 powderyc1425 mealy1541 dusty1552 mully1570 pulverulentous1640 pulvereous1656 pulverulent1656 pulveral1657 powderal1662 farinaceous1664 smutty1667 snuffy1789 floury1830 pulverulous1841 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 171 Embryo surrounding floury albumen. 1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land 157 A sleigh, running along in the soft, floury powder at the sides. 1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. App. §4. 283 Steam the peeled potatoes until they become quite floury (‘mealy’). d. floury miller n. Abricta curvicosta, an Australian cicada whose body is covered with white down. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae > arbricta curvicosta (floury miller) miller1896 floury miller1904 1904 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales XXIX. 600 This is a common species in the neighbourhood of Sydney in mid-summer, and is known as the ‘Floury Miller’ on account of the quantity of silvery pubescence covering the body, which makes it look as though it had been dusted with flour. 1925 Illustr. Austral. Encycl. I. 269/1 Well-known species [of cicadas] are the Red-eye..and the Floury Miller.., both names well describing the insect's appearance. 1970 T. E. Woodward et al. in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxvi. 413/1 Many striking cicadas occur in Australia... Among these are the ‘double drummer’, Thopha saccata (F.), the ‘floury miller’, Abricta curvicosta Germ., and the ‘green Monday’, Cyclochila australasiae (Don.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605
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