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niv⋅e⋅ous

  [niv-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
resembling snow, esp. in whiteness; snowy.
Origin:
1615–25; < L niveus snowy, snow-white, of, from snow, equiv. to niv- (s. of nix) snow + -eus -eous
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niv·e·ous   (nĭv'ē-əs)   
adj.  Resembling snow; snowy.

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