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niveous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɪvi.əs/
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• nĭv'ē-əs

Etymology

From Latin niveus, from nix (“snow”).

Meanings

1. Snowy; resembling snow.
   • So Cinabar becomes red by the acide exhalation of sulphur, which otherwise presents a pure and niveous white. 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
   • 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. 1818 May 14, The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review:
   • 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. 1946, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 257:

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