Meanings
comparative more pulverulent · superlative most pulverulent · alternative pulverulentous · alternative pulverulous
- Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120, If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.
1 more example
The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.
1900, H. G. Wells, chapter 15, in Love and Mr. Lewisham
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinpulverulentus
- Englishpulverulent
From Latin pulverulentus, from pulvis (“dust”). By surface analysis, pulver + -ule + -ent.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pulvérulent
- pulvérulentconsisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder
Italian polverulento
- polverulentoconsisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder
Latin pulverulentus
- pulverulentusconsisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder
Spanish pulverulento
- pulverulentoconsisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder
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