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farinose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fari-nose
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Yielding or related to farina

adj

Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, like the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin farīnōsus, from Latin farīna. By surface analysis, farin(a) + -ose.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: farīnōsus, farīna

Inflected Forms

more farinose (comparative) most farinose (superlative)

Antonyms

efarinose

Questions

What does farinose mean?
Yielding or related to farina
Where does farinose come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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