pulverousadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌlv(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈpəlv(ə)rəs/

Forms: late Middle English puluerous, 1600s– pulverous.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pulverosus ; Latin pulver- , pulvis , -ous suffix.

Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin pulverosus reduced to powder (1363 in Chauliac), dusty (c1400 in a British source), and partly < its elements classical Latin pulver-, pulvis pulver n. + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French pulvereux, poulvereux powdery (a1506), dusty (1530 in Palsgrave), Italian polveroso dusty (a1313).

Powdery; dusty. Also: able to be reduced to powder.

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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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173 ^v Of which [sc. medicine] may be componed many fourmes, ffirst of which is a puluerous [?c1425 Paris powdry; L. puluerosa] fourme.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike ix. 52 No pulverous or powderall co-mixture [L. nulla pulverosa commistio] doth tend to generation.

1702 G. Harvey Little Venus Unmask'd (ed. 7) 157 That which is most ponderous, indifferent hard, but not Flinty, nor cariated or Pulverous, is the choicest.

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 24 Soils..are stiff or light; that is, tenacious or pulverous.

1798 tr. L. Spallanzani Trav. Two Sicilies I. 56 A blue flame arises, which continues till the crust is consumed, nothing remaining but a very small quantity of a white pulverous earth.

1828 Times 20 Nov. 2/2 It is not flour only, but mustard, pepper, arrow-root, and every other pulverous substance which forms a part of our daily food.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 13 Oct. The trees and the herbage were powdered thick with pulverous particles.

1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 13 Nov. 13/5 (advt.) 65c pulverous quinine sulphate pills 2 grain 100's..59c.

2002 R. A. Bendis & S. T. Craciunoiu Overcoming Barriers Technol. Transfer 27 Processed material—defined as material product performed by transforming the matter into a desired state, such as liquids, gases, pulverous materials, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulverous
释义	pulverousadj. Brit. /ˈpʌlv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈpəlv(ə)rəs/ Forms: late Middle English puluerous, 1600s– pulverous. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pulverosus ; Latin pulver- , pulvis , -ous suffix. Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin pulverosus reduced to powder (1363 in Chauliac), dusty (c1400 in a British source), and partly < its elements classical Latin pulver-, pulvis pulver n. + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French pulvereux, poulvereux powdery (a1506), dusty (1530 in Palsgrave), Italian polveroso dusty (a1313). Powdery; dusty. Also: able to be reduced to powder. 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173 ^v Of which [sc. medicine] may be componed many fourmes, ffirst of which is a puluerous [?c1425 Paris powdry; L. puluerosa] fourme. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike ix. 52 No pulverous or powderall co-mixture [L. nulla pulverosa commistio] doth tend to generation. 1702 G. Harvey Little Venus Unmask'd (ed. 7) 157 That which is most ponderous, indifferent hard, but not Flinty, nor cariated or Pulverous, is the choicest. 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 24 Soils..are stiff or light; that is, tenacious or pulverous. 1798 tr. L. Spallanzani Trav. Two Sicilies I. 56 A blue flame arises, which continues till the crust is consumed, nothing remaining but a very small quantity of a white pulverous earth. 1828 Times 20 Nov. 2/2 It is not flour only, but mustard, pepper, arrow-root, and every other pulverous substance which forms a part of our daily food. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 13 Oct. The trees and the herbage were powdered thick with pulverous particles. 1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 13 Nov. 13/5 (advt.) 65c pulverous quinine sulphate pills 2 grain 100's..59c. 2002 R. A. Bendis & S. T. Craciunoiu Overcoming Barriers Technol. Transfer 27 Processed material—defined as material product performed by transforming the matter into a desired state, such as liquids, gases, pulverous materials, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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