farinaceous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
    — Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be.
  2. Having a floury texture or flavor; grainy; bready; breadlike.
    — In the Great Pavilion, the nurserymen and women have been employing their dark arts, too; coaxing agapanthus into bloom two months early, cosseting iris with wads of strategically placed cotton wool or touching up the farinaceous, fan-shaped fronds of a Bismarck palm with face powder.

词形变化

more farinaceous comparative most farinaceous superlative farinacious alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
farinaceously
相关词
farina

词源

From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). By surface analysis, farin(a) + -aceous.
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