"floury" meaning in English

See floury in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈflaʊəɹi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈflaʊɹi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-floury.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flourier [comparative], flouriest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊəɹi, -aʊɹi Etymology: From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour + -y. Piecewise doublet of flowery. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|floury}} Middle English floury, {{suffix|en|flour|y}} flour + -y, {{piecewise doublet|en|flowery}} Piecewise doublet of flowery Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} floury (comparative flourier, superlative flouriest)
  1. Resembling flour. Coordinate_terms: mealy, grainy, powdery Translations (resembling flour): брашнен (brašnen) (Bulgarian), farinós (Catalan), moučný (Czech), brokkelig (Dutch), kruimelig (Dutch), jauhoinen (Finnish), farineux (French), fariñento (Galician), mehlig (German), murria (Ingrian), plúrach (Irish), farinoso (Italian), брашнест (brašnest) (Macedonian), motuhanga (Māori), māngaro (Māori), mączysty (Polish), farinhento (Portuguese), făinos (Romanian), harinoso (Spanish), mjölig (Swedish), unsu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-floury-en-adj-N~B04oAD Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y, Middle English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 40 36 25 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -y: 21 19 21 5 11 22 Disambiguation of 'resembling flour': 70 27 2
  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 terms suffixed with -y, Middle English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 40 36 25 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -y: 21 19 21 5 11 22 Disambiguation of 'covered in flour': 24 72 4
  3. (of potatoes) High in starch; tending to break down easily when cooked. Translations (of a potato, starchy): moučnatý (Czech), mehligkochend (German), mjölig (Swedish)
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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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    },
    {
      "word": "floury baker"
    },
    {
      "word": "floury miller"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "floury"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English floury",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flour",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "flour + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flowery"
      },
      "expansion": "Piecewise doublet of flowery",
      "name": "piecewise doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour + -y. Piecewise doublet of flowery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flourier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flouriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "floury (comparative flourier, superlative flouriest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wood flour"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "mealy"
        },
        {
          "word": "grainy"
        },
        {
          "word": "powdery"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              35
            ]
          ],
          "text": "These mashed potatoes have a floury texture.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling flour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flour",
          "flour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The baker wiped his floury hands on his apron.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Covered in flour."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1872, Thomas Low Nichols, How to Cook: The Principles and Practice of Scientific, Economic Hygienic, and Aesthetic Gastronomy : with Model Recipes in Every Department of Cookery, Original and Selected, page 106:",
          "text": "Boil four large floury potatoes till they are thoroughly done; peel them and mash them smooth with the back of a spoon",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              82,
              88
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1898, William Mattieu Williams, The Chemistry of Cookery, page 189:",
          "text": "As we all know, there are great differences among potatoes; some are waxy, others floury; and these, again, vary according to the manner and degree of cooking.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "High in starch; tending to break down easily when cooked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ],
        [
          "cooked",
          "cooked"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of potatoes) High in starch; tending to break down easily when cooked."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of potatoes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflaʊəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflaʊɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəɹi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊɹi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "flowery (US and one UK pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "brašnen",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "брашнен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farinós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "moučný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "brokkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "kruimelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "jauhoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farineux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "fariñento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "mehlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "lang_code": "izh",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "murria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "plúrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "brašnest",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "брашнест"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "motuhanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "māngaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "mączysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "farinhento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "făinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "harinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "mjölig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "resembling flour",
      "word": "unsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nabrašnen",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "набрашнен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "jauhoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "fariñento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "mehlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "plúrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "floury"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "mjölig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "covered in flour",
      "word": "unlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "of a potato, starchy",
      "word": "moučnatý"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "of a potato, starchy",
      "word": "mehligkochend"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "of a potato, starchy",
      "word": "mjölig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "floury"
}

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