† pulveratriciousadj.

Forms: 1600s pulveratriceous, 1600s pulveratricious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pulveratric- , pulveratrix , -ious suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pulveratric-, pulveratrix pulveratrix n. + -ious suffix. With the form pulveratriceous compare -eous suffix. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒvĕrătri·ʃəs) /pʌlvərəˈtrɪʃəs/.

Obsolete.

1. Ornithology. Of a bird: belonging to the former group Pulveratrices, comprising those which drive dust into the plumage and shake it out as part of feather maintenance, as gallinaceous birds, pigeons, etc.

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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > that cleans with dust

pulveratricious1661

pulverulent1793

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5 Birds, which..are pulveratricious and wild; as the Peacock, japonian, and turky.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. 371 The colour of the feathers..comes near to that of pulveratricious birds.

2. Dust-coloured. rare.

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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Pulveratricious [is] an earthly kind of colour, mouse-colour.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Pulveratriceous, covered with a dusty colour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	pulveratricious
释义	† pulveratriciousadj. Forms: 1600s pulveratriceous, 1600s pulveratricious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pulveratric- , pulveratrix , -ious suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pulveratric-, pulveratrix pulveratrix n. + -ious suffix. With the form pulveratriceous compare -eous suffix. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒvĕrătri·ʃəs) /pʌlvərəˈtrɪʃəs/. Obsolete. 1. Ornithology. Of a bird: belonging to the former group Pulveratrices, comprising those which drive dust into the plumage and shake it out as part of feather maintenance, as gallinaceous birds, pigeons, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > that cleans with dust pulveratricious1661 pulverulent1793 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5 Birds, which..are pulveratricious and wild; as the Peacock, japonian, and turky. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. 371 The colour of the feathers..comes near to that of pulveratricious birds. 2. Dust-coloured. rare. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Pulveratricious [is] an earthly kind of colour, mouse-colour. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Pulveratriceous, covered with a dusty colour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1661
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