farinaceous
/ˌfæɹəˈneɪʃəs/adjective
farinaceous is an adjective meaning “Made from, or rich in, starch or flour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-I-N-A-C-E-O-U-S, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does farinaceous mean?
adjective
- 1
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
- 2
Having a floury texture or flavor; grainy; bready; breadlike.
In the Great Pavilion, the nurserymen and women have been employing their dark arts, too; coaxing agapanthus into bloom two months early, cosseting iris with wads of strategically placed cotton wool or touching up the farinaceous, fan-shape
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farinaceous?
- /ˌfæɹəˈneɪʃəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-farinaceous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of farinaceous
- more farinaceous comparative
- most farinaceous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farinaceous?
Farinaceous appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Farinaceous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Having a floury texture; grainy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | farinacé |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does farinaceous come from?
From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). By surface analysis, farin(a) + -aceous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).