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Webster 1913 Edition
Stramineous
Stra-min′e-ous
,Adj.
[L.
stramineus
, fr. stramen
straw, fr. sternere
, stratum
, to spread out, to strew.] 1.
Strawy; consisting of straw.
Robinson.
2.
Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.
Burton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stramineous
STRAMINEOUS
,Adj.
1.
Strawy; consisting of straw.2.
Chaffy; like straw; light.Definition 2025
stramineous
stramineous
English
Adjective
stramineous (comparative more stramineous, superlative most stramineous)
- Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.iv:
- 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.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.iv:
- (botany) Straw-coloured.