sabulosity
yə adjective
sandy; gritty.
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sabulous or sabulose (ˈsæbjʊləs, ˈsæbjʊləʊs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | like sand in texture; gritty |
| 2. | Also: sabuline (of plants) growing in sand |
| [C17: from Latin sabulōsus, from sabulum | |
| sabulose or sabulose (ˈsæbjʊləs, ˈsæbjʊləʊs, ˈsæbjʊliːn) | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin sabulōsus, from sabulum | |
| sabulosity or sabulose | |
| —n | |
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Sabulosity
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| sabulous or sabulose (ˈsæbjʊləs, ˈsæbjʊləʊs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | like sand in texture; gritty |
| 2. | Also: sabuline (of plants) growing in sand |
| [C17: from Latin sabulōsus, from sabulum | |
| sabulose or sabulose (ˈsæbjʊləs, ˈsæbjʊləʊs, ˈsæbjʊliːn) | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin sabulōsus, from sabulum | |
| sabulosity or sabulose | |
| —n | |
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sabulous sab·u·lous (sāb'yə-ləs) or sab·u·lose (-lōs')
adj.
Gritty; sandy.
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