niveousadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪvɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈnɪviəs/

Forms: 1600s niuious, 1600s nivious, 1600s– niveous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin niveus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin niveus snowy, snow-white ( < niv- , nix snow (see nival adj.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix.

Snowy, resembling snow; white and lustrous like snow. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > resembling snow

niveous1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii White as snow, niuious.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 338 Cinaber becomes red..which otherwise presents a pure and niveous white.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 531 The nigrescent maculation of their pristine niveous candour.

1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 113 Cottage and steeple in the niveous stole of Winter trimly dressed.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 278 Niveous, the pure unblended white of snow.

1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 385/1 Thus it happens that, from the niveous purity or pearly surface of the new work, there runs a gentle gradation through every stage of yellowish and whitish brown.

1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 26/2 Coley revoked the commission of every notary public within his jurisdiction, and a niveous skin was the one requisite of reappointment.

1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. i. 15 The customers having breakfast at the small tables..all seemed to shimmer and slip away into a niveous haze, as if a fog was rising from some realm beneath the floor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niveous
释义	niveousadj. Brit. /ˈnɪvɪəs/, U.S. /ˈnɪviəs/ Forms: 1600s niuious, 1600s nivious, 1600s– niveous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin niveus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin niveus snowy, snow-white ( < niv- , nix snow (see nival adj.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Snowy, resembling snow; white and lustrous like snow. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > resembling snow niveous1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii White as snow, niuious. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 338 Cinaber becomes red..which otherwise presents a pure and niveous white. View more context for this quotation 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 531 The nigrescent maculation of their pristine niveous candour. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 113 Cottage and steeple in the niveous stole of Winter trimly dressed. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 278 Niveous, the pure unblended white of snow. 1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 385/1 Thus it happens that, from the niveous purity or pearly surface of the new work, there runs a gentle gradation through every stage of yellowish and whitish brown. 1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 26/2 Coley revoked the commission of every notary public within his jurisdiction, and a niveous skin was the one requisite of reappointment. 1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. i. 15 The customers having breakfast at the small tables..all seemed to shimmer and slip away into a niveous haze, as if a fog was rising from some realm beneath the floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623
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