paleous

adj

paleous

adj

/ˈpeɪliəs/ · /ˈpæliəs/

Etymology From Latin palea (“chaff”) + -ous.

1

Archaic, Rare chaffy; like chaff

this attraction have we tried in straws and paleous bodies1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

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