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pulveral

pulveral adjective: relating to powder.

Adjective

pulveral (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to powder.
    • They are given in divers formes, either liquid, which muſt be attracted by the noſe, or ſolid, which muſt be ingeſted into the noſtrills, or pulverall, which muſt be ſnuffed up.1657, Joannes Renodæus [i.e., Jean de Renou], translated by Richard Tomlinson, A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing the Whole Body of Physick: […], London: […] Jo[hn] Streater and Ja[mes] Cottrel...
    • Pulveral purifications can only be uſed where pure water is wanting.1788, [Ignace] De M[ouradja] d’Ohsson, anonymous translator, Oriental Antiquities, and General View of the Othoman Customs, Laws, and Ceremonies: […], Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Select Committee...
    Synonyms:
    powdery

Synonyms of pulveral

Origin of pulveral

From Latin pulvis + -al. By surface analysis, pulver + -al.

Questions about pulveral

What does pulveral mean?
Pulveral means relating to powder.
What part of speech is pulveral?
Pulveral is an adjective.

Words near pulveral in the dictionary

  1. pulutan
  2. Puluwat
  3. pulver
  4. pulverable
  5. pulveraceous
  6. pulveral
  7. pulverate
  8. pulverated
  9. pulverates
  10. pulverating
  11. pulverator

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