sabulous

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsæbjʊləs/

Definition of sabulous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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: […]”
    “...or fills up the tubular vessels there with sabulous matter.”
    “The patient perspired frequently and freely, ceased to take nourishment, and was taken with vomiting; the urine became sabulous, the sleep was agitated, the dyspnœa and the palpitations augmented, and he died the 2d of January.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sabulosus, from sabulum (“sand”).

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