adj
Meaning 1
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
farinaceous
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/ˌfæɹəˈneɪʃəs/
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rhymes with -eɪʃəs
adj
Meaning 2
Having a floury texture or flavor; grainy; bready; breadlike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- granular sugar
- the photographs were grainy and indistinct
- it left a mealy residue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
resembling starch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). By surface analysis, farin(a) + -aceous.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: брашнен (brašnen) — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- Irish: plúrach — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- Irish: plúrmhar — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- Italian: farinaceo — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- Swedish: mjöl- — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- Turkish: nişastalı — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- Turkish: unlu — Made from, or rich in, starch or flour
- French: farinacé — Having a floury texture; grainy
- Irish: plúrach — Having a floury texture; grainy
- Irish: plúrmhar — Having a floury texture; grainy
- Swedish: grynig — Having a floury texture; grainy
- Swedish: mjölig — Having a floury texture; grainy