niveous

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"Yes, my dear daughter," said her venerable son-in-law, running his fingers through his niveous thatch, "he was the first of the time - wasting Van Winkles."

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  1. adjective Resembling snow; snowy.

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  1. From Latin niveus, from nix, niv-, snow; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin niveus, snowy, from nix (niv-), snow: see nival.
 

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/ˈnaɪvəəs/
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