Etymology

floury

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Today it means: Resembling flour. Full definition →

Middle English floury
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfloury
  2. English todayfloury

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour + -y. Piecewise doublet of flowery.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishfloury all →

flowery

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