farinaceous
pronunciation
How to pronounce farinaceous in British English:
UK [ˌfærɪ'neɪʃəs]
How to pronounce farinaceous in American English:
US [ˌfærɪ'neɪʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- resembling starch
- composed of or covered with relatively large particles
Word Origin
- farinaceous
- farinaceous: see farrago
- farinaceous (adj.)
- "of or pertaining to flour or meal," 1640s, from Late Latin farinaceus, from Latin farina "flour, meal" (see farina).
Example
- 1. Prepare vegetables , eggs and farinaceous dishes .
- 2. Leaflets thick leathery , abaxially farinaceous green ; outer sepals of male flower to 1 cm .
- 3. Thence all the foods too fastidious staleness be desist and the genuine farinaceous foods change to be exhausted with modification .
- 4. There are reasons for believing that it requires ages to establish the art of cultivation , and render farinaceous food a principal reliance .