pulverous
/ˈpʌlv(ə)rəs/adjective
Powdery; dusty.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. Partly from post-classical Latin pulverosus reduced to powder, dusty, partly from its elements classical Latin pulver-, pulvis pulver + -ous.
- passing certificate
- passing chord
- passing game
- passing gear
- passing lane
- passing loop
- passingly
- passing-measure
- passing modulation
- passingness
- passing note
- passing novel
- passing percentage
- passing phase
- passing place
- passing resemblance
- passing rule
- passing shot
- passing show
- passing stroke
- passing trade
- pass in one's marble
- passion
- passionable
- passional