sabulousadj.
/ˈsabjʊləs/ a. Sandy; consisting of or abounding in sand; arenaceous.
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sandyc1000
gravellya1382
sandiferousa1586
sabulous1632
arenous1664
sandish1664
arenose1731
arenaceous1752
arenarious1759
sandyish1793
sabuline1909
sabulose1909
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1906) 226 The austiere conspicuosity of the sabulous and stony Desarts.
1670 R. Wittie in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1076 Water..strained from all sabulous mixture.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §193 The quantity and species of sabulous matter that entered into the texture of the lime~stone.
1822 G. Woodley View Present State Scilly Islands ii. iii. 289 This part of the Island..appears rather to have gained from the sea by these sabulous accumulations.
1881 Academy 1 Oct. 252 The author [E. W. White] is terribly fond of long words. To him..plains are sabulous..parrots are psittacs.
b. Medicine. Applied to a granular secretion, esp. in the urinary organs.
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sabulous1670
saburral1822
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 137 The one Water layes a stony Foundation for a Fabrick of Sabulous diseases.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. vii. 198/2 It..dissolves any tartarous or sabulous coagulation in the Reins or Ureters.
1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 1389 Sabulous depositions in the urine are of various characters.
1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 27 39 Sabulous matter, mixed with mucus.
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c. Anatomy, applied to the acervulus cerebri, or gritty substance of the pineal body of the brain ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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ˈsabulousness n. the state or quality of being sabulous.
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sandiness1642
sabulosity1721
sabulousness1727
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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