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Meaning of stramineous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
stɹəˈmɪn.ɪəs

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.
    obsolete
  2. Straw-coloured.

Equivalents

Polski konopny płowożółty płowy

Examples

“Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport […]; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

straminicolous straminipilous stramming strandable stranded strandless

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