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pulverous

pulverous adjective: resembling or consisting of dust or powder.

Adjective

pulverous (comparative more pulverous, superlative most pulverous)

  1. Resembling or consisting of dust or powder.

Synonyms of pulverous

Forms of pulverous

comparativemore pulverous
superlativemost pulverous

Origin of pulverous

Compare Latin pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”). By surface analysis, pulver + -ous.

Questions about pulverous

What does pulverous mean?
Pulverous means resembling or consisting of dust or powder.
What part of speech is pulverous?
Pulverous is an adjective.

Words near pulverous in the dictionary

  1. pulverizers
  2. pulverizes
  3. pulverizing
  4. Pulvermacher
  5. Pulvermachers
  6. pulverous
  7. pulvers
  8. pulverulence
  9. pulverulent
  10. pulverulently
  11. pulverulentous

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