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Word: Niveous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin niveus (from nix, niv- ‘snow’) + -ous
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈnɪvɪəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
snowy or resembling snow
Short Definition:snowy or resembling snow
Examples:- all seemed to shimmer and slip away into a niveous haze, as if a fog was rising from some realm beneath the floor
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