MEANING
Snow-white or resembling snow in its whiteness, especially of a surface, fabric, cloud, or light.
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Snow-white in appearance or color.Give fog, fabric, feathers, or light a precise snow-white quality.
Words that belong together
- niveous plumage
- niveous light
- niveous surface
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A niveous curtain of fog erased the cliffs from view.
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- niveous
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Usage notes
A rare literary adjective emphasizing snowy whiteness; it usually describes color or appearance rather than coldness.
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