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English
Etymology
From Latin pulverulentus, from pulvis (“dust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt/
- Hyphenation: pul‧ver‧u‧lent
Adjective
pulverulent (comparative more pulverulent, superlative most pulverulent)
- Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
1900, H. G. Wells, chapter 15, in Love and Mr. Lewisham:The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.
- 2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120,
- If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.
Translations
consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pulvérulent, from Latin pulverulentus.
Adjective
pulverulent m or n (feminine singular pulverulentă, masculine plural pulverulenți, feminine and neuter plural pulverulente)
- pulverulent
Declension