stramineous

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UK/stɹəˈmɪn.ɪəs/US/stɹəˈmɪn.i.əs/

adjective

Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.

OriginLatin strāmineus →
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Meanings

adjectivestramineous (comparative more stramineous, superlative most stramineous)

comparative more stramineous · superlative most stramineous

  1. obsoletePertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.

    Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport […]; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection iv
  2. biologyStraw-coloured.

Origin

  1. Latinstrāmineus
  2. Englishstramineous

From Latin strāmineus, from strāmen (“straw”).

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APA

stramineous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stramineous

MLA

“stramineous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stramineous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stramineous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stramineous.

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