farinaceous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective resembling starch
adjective composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). By surface analysis, farin(a) + -aceous.

The Arabs themselves never eat meat as the rule, but the exception, supporting themselves on the milk of their flocks and farinaceous matter. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson
The roots of the dahlia, salted and boiled, are eaten by the Indians; it is a farinaceous food of a somewhat insipid taste. — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart
Mr. Pumblechook’s premises in the High Street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a cornchandler and seedsman should be. — Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal

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