Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulverous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pul-ver-ous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or consisting of dust or powder.

Etymology

Compare Latin pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”). By surface analysis, pulver + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pulvereus

Inflected Forms

more pulverous (comparative) most pulverous (superlative)

Synonyms

dusty powdery pulverulent

Questions

What does pulverous mean?: Resembling or consisting of dust or powder.
Where does pulverous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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