Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

niveous

/ˈnɪvi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: niveous
IPA: /ˈnɪvi.əs/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Snowy; resembling snow.

Example Sentences

"So Cinabar becomes red by the acide exhalation of sulphur, which otherwise presents a pure and niveous white."
"One solitary author, Beckman, declares that he saw niveous crystallizations in the form of hexangular pillars, that they occurred at Frankfort, upon the Oder, in 1667."
"Shining to polished with some metallic colors except the cinereous face which is more niveous on the parafacies, and is slightly dusted on the dorsal surfaces, excepting the two apical tergites."

Etymology

From Latin niveus, from nix (“snow”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: niveus

Inflected Forms

more niveous (comparative) most niveous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce niveous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪvi.əs/.
What does niveous mean?: Snowy; resembling snow.
Where does niveous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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