paleous
English
Etymology
From Latin palea (“chaff”) + -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɪliəs/, /ˈpæliəs/
Adjective
paleous (comparative more paleous, superlative most paleous)
- (rare, archaic) chaffy; like chaff
- Synonym: paleaceous
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- this attraction have we tried in straws and paleous bodies
References
- “paleous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.