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Definition of farinaceous in English: farinaceousadjective ˌfarɪˈneɪʃəsˌfɛrəˈneɪʃəs Consisting of or containing starch. Example sentencesExamples - Dropped dumplings are usually made using a protein or farinaceous mixture that is fortified and lightened.
- But slaves were given only 4-6 qt of farinaceous food weekly if their provision grounds proved unproductive.
- The Jamaican may retain his farinaceous banana and the Malay his durian, but for us, it's the apple.
- This root, being dug up and roasted in hot ashes, yields a great quantity of a mealy, farinaceous powder interspersed among the fibres; it is of an agreeable flavour, wholesome, and satisfying to the appetite.
- The Japanese cook their noodles thoroughly, but these had taken on the white edge farinaceous food gets when left sitting in liquid for a long time.
OriginMid 17th century: from late Latin farinaceus, from farina. RhymesAthanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious Definition of farinaceous in US English: farinaceousadjectiveˌfɛrəˈneɪʃəsˌferəˈnāSHəs Consisting of or containing starch. Example sentencesExamples - Dropped dumplings are usually made using a protein or farinaceous mixture that is fortified and lightened.
- The Japanese cook their noodles thoroughly, but these had taken on the white edge farinaceous food gets when left sitting in liquid for a long time.
- But slaves were given only 4-6 qt of farinaceous food weekly if their provision grounds proved unproductive.
- This root, being dug up and roasted in hot ashes, yields a great quantity of a mealy, farinaceous powder interspersed among the fibres; it is of an agreeable flavour, wholesome, and satisfying to the appetite.
- The Jamaican may retain his farinaceous banana and the Malay his durian, but for us, it's the apple.
OriginMid 17th century: from late Latin farinaceus, from farina. |