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Meaning of stramineous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

/stɹəˈmɪn.ɪəs/

Definitions

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

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

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

See also

straminicolous straminipilous stramming strandable stranded strandless