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niveous

[ niv-ee-uh s ]
/ ˈnɪv i əs /
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adjective

resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.

RELATED WORDS

wintry, stormy, fluffy, pure, soft, spotless, white, nival

Nearby words

  1. niuean,
  2. niuzhuang,
  3. nival,
  4. nivation,
  5. niven,
  6. nivernais,
  7. nivkh,
  8. nivôse,
  9. nix,
  10. nixer

Origin of niveous

1615–25; < Latin niveus snowy, snow-white, of, from snow, equivalent to niv- (stem of nix) snow + -eus -eous
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British Dictionary definitions for niveous

niveous

/ (ˈnɪvɪəs) /

adjective

resembling snow, esp in colour

Word Origin for niveous

C17: from Latin niveus, from nix snow
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