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sabulous

/ˈsæbjʊləs/

sabulous adjective: sandy or gritty.

Adjective

sabulous (comparative more sabulous, superlative most sabulous)

  1. Sandy or gritty.
    • This Lake is foure ſcore miles in length, and according to its interualling Circuite, ſometimes two, three, foure, or fiue miles in breadth: yet the body thereof, bending directly South-weſt; keepeth a glaſſie courſe, till it ſalute the auſtiere conſpicuoſity of the ſabulous and ſtony Deſarts: […]1632, William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Aduentures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Trauayles, from Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and...
    • ...or fills up the tubular vessels there with sabulous matter.1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 16

Forms of sabulous

comparativemore sabulous
superlativemost sabulous

Origin of sabulous

Borrowed from Latin sabulosus, from sabulum (“sand”).

Questions about sabulous

What does sabulous mean?
Sabulous means sandy or gritty.
What part of speech is sabulous?
Sabulous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sabulous?
Sabulous is pronounced /ˈsæbjʊləs/.

Words near sabulous in the dictionary

  1. Sabuja
  2. sabulicolous
  3. sabulite
  4. sabulose
  5. sabulosity
  6. sabulous
  7. Saburmuttee
  8. Saburo
  9. saburra
  10. saburral
  11. saburration

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