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Niveous

//ˈnɪvi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Snowy; resembling snow.

    "So Cinabar becomes red by the acide exhalation of sulphur, which otherwise presents a pure and niveous white."

Etymology

From Latin niveus, from nix (“snow”).

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