paleous

English

Etymology

From Latin palea (“chaff”) +‎ -ous.

Adjective

paleous (comparative more paleous, superlative most paleous)

  1. chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paleous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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