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paleous

/ˈpeɪliəs/

paleous adjective: chaffy; like chaff.

Adjective

paleous (comparative more paleous, superlative most paleous)

  1. (archaic, rare) chaffy; like chaff
    • this attraction have we tried in straws and paleous bodies1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    paleaceous

Synonyms of paleous

Forms of paleous

comparativemore paleous
superlativemost paleous

Origin of paleous

From Latin palea (“chaff”) + -ous.

Questions about paleous

What does paleous mean?
Paleous means chaffy; like chaff.
What part of speech is paleous?
Paleous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce paleous?
Paleous is pronounced /ˈpeɪliəs/.

Words near paleous in the dictionary

  1. Paleotropis
  2. paleotsunami
  3. paleotsunamis
  4. paleotype
  5. paleotypes
  6. paleous
  7. paleovalley
  8. paleovalleys
  9. paleovegetation
  10. paleovegetational
  11. paleovertebrate

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