snowishadj.

/ˈsnəʊɪʃ/

Forms: Also Middle English snowisse, Middle English snowych, 1500s snowyshe, snawishe, 1600s Scottish snawisch.

Etymology: < snow n.¹

†1. Resembling snow in whiteness; snowy, snow-white. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as snow

snow-whitec1000

as pure (also white) as (the) driven snowc1330

snowishc1374

snowy1590

nixious1623

snow-like1663

snow1750

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1250 Her snowisse throte, hir brestis rounde and lyte.

1433 J. Lydgate Legend St. Edmund App. 189 A dowe with snowych fetherys whight.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. ii O Festyuall daye, worthy a snowyshe lytell stone.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 87 This angellis weid wes snawith [read -ich] in cullour.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 Her snowish Necke, with blewish Vaynes.

1603 Philotus lxi. sig. C2^v Ȝour snawisch cheiks lyke quhytest Allabast.

2. Characterized by the presence or prevalence of snow; somewhat snowy.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective]

snowyc1000

snowish1566

ninguid1656

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hvj^v Though whiskinge wyndes, do shaue the earth, And though the snawishe day, Be shorte, and sharpe.

†3. Covered with snow. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > covered with snow

snowy1548

snowish1589

whited1655

snow-clad1812

snowed1854

snowed-in1982

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 75 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Tanais floud all snowish (or all ouerlaid with snow), And grounds at no time void of frosts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	snowish
释义	snowishadj. /ˈsnəʊɪʃ/ Forms: Also Middle English snowisse, Middle English snowych, 1500s snowyshe, snawishe, 1600s Scottish snawisch. Etymology: < snow n.¹ †1. Resembling snow in whiteness; snowy, snow-white. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as snow snow-whitec1000 as pure (also white) as (the) driven snowc1330 snowishc1374 snowy1590 nixious1623 snow-like1663 snow1750 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1250 Her snowisse throte, hir brestis rounde and lyte. 1433 J. Lydgate Legend St. Edmund App. 189 A dowe with snowych fetherys whight. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. ii O Festyuall daye, worthy a snowyshe lytell stone. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 87 This angellis weid wes snawith [read -ich] in cullour. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 Her snowish Necke, with blewish Vaynes. 1603 Philotus lxi. sig. C2^v Ȝour snawisch cheiks lyke quhytest Allabast. 2. Characterized by the presence or prevalence of snow; somewhat snowy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] snowyc1000 snowish1566 ninguid1656 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hvj^v Though whiskinge wyndes, do shaue the earth, And though the snawishe day, Be shorte, and sharpe. †3. Covered with snow. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > covered with snow snowy1548 snowish1589 whited1655 snow-clad1812 snowed1854 snowed-in1982 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 75 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Tanais floud all snowish (or all ouerlaid with snow), And grounds at no time void of frosts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1374
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