Sabulous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Sandy or gritty.
"This Lake is foure ſcore miles in length, and according to its interualling Circuite, ſometimes two, three, foure, or fiue miles in breadth: yet the body thereof, bending directly South-weſt; keepeth a glaſſie courſe, till it ſalute the auſtiere conſpicuoſity of the ſabulous and ſtony Deſarts: […]"
Example
More examples"This Lake is foure ſcore miles in length, and according to its interualling Circuite, ſometimes two, three, foure, or fiue miles in breadth: yet the body thereof, bending directly South-weſt; keepeth a glaſſie courſe, till it ſalute the auſtiere conſpicuoſity of the ſabulous and ſtony Deſarts: […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sabulosus, from sabulum (“sand”).
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