"floury" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈflaʊɹi/, /ˈfaʊəɹi/ Forms: flourier [comparative], flouriest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊɹi, -aʊəɹi Etymology: From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|floury}} Middle English floury, {{suffix|en|flour|y}} flour + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} floury (comparative flourier, superlative flouriest)
  1. Resembling flour. Translations (resembling flour): брашнен (brašnen) (Bulgarian), farinós (Catalan), moučný (Czech), jauhoinen (Finnish), fariñento (Galician), mehlig (German), murria (Ingrian), plúrach (Irish), farinoso (Italian), брашнест (brašnest) (Macedonian), motuhanga (Maori), māngaro (Maori), farinhento (Portuguese), făinos (Romanian), harinoso (Spanish), mjölig (Swedish), unsu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-floury-en-adj-N~B04oAD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 53 47 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 2 14 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 2 21 22 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -y: 30 27 2 20 21 Disambiguation of 'resembling flour': 73 27
  2. Covered in flour. Translations (covered in flour): набрашнен (nabrašnen) (Bulgarian), jauhoinen (Finnish), fariñento (Galician), mehlig (German), plúrach (Irish), floury (Middle English), mjölig (Swedish), unlu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-floury-en-adj-u4~94ffk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 53 47 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 2 14 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 2 21 22 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -y: 30 27 2 20 21 Disambiguation of 'covered in flour': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flourily, flouriness, floury baker, floury miller Related terms: wood flour

Inflected forms

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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flouriest",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "sense": "resembling flour",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "resembling flour",
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          "text": "The baker wiped his floury hands on his apron.",
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        "Covered in flour."
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nabrašnen",
          "sense": "covered in flour",
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          "sense": "covered in flour",
          "word": "fariñento"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "covered in flour",
          "word": "plúrach"
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          "sense": "covered in flour",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "covered in flour",
          "word": "mjölig"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "covered in flour",
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      "ipa": "/ˈflaʊɹi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaʊəɹi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊɹi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəɹi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "flowery (in some accents)"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "unfloury"
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    {
      "word": "flourily"
    },
    {
      "word": "flouriness"
    },
    {
      "word": "floury baker"
    },
    {
      "word": "floury miller"
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    },
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      "form": "flouriest",
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        "superlative"
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      "word": "wood flour"
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          "text": "These mashed potatoes have a floury texture.",
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        "Covered in flour."
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "brašnen",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "брашнен"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farinós"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "moučný"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "jauhoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "fariñento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "mehlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "murria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "plúrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brašnest",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "брашнест"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "motuhanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "māngaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farinhento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "făinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "harinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "mjölig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "unsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabrašnen",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "набрашнен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "jauhoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "fariñento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "mehlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "plúrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "floury"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "mjölig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "unlu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "floury"
}

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