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pulverulous

pulverulous is the alternative form of pulverulent.

Meaning of pulverulent

Adjective

pulverulent (comparative more pulverulent, superlative most pulverulent)

  1. Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
    • The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.1900, H. G. Wells, chapter 15, in Love and Mr. Lewisham

Forms of pulverulous

comparativemore pulverulous
superlativemost pulverulous

Questions about pulverulous

What is pulverulous the alternative form of?
Pulverulous is the alternative form of pulverulent.

Words near pulverulous in the dictionary

  1. pulvers
  2. pulverulence
  3. pulverulent
  4. pulverulently
  5. pulverulentous
  6. pulverulous
  7. pulvil
  8. pulvilio
  9. pulvilios
  10. pulvillar
  11. pulville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulverulous (page history and authors); pulverulent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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