sabulous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sabulosus, from sabulum (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæbjʊləs/

Adjective

sabulous (comparative more sabulous, superlative most sabulous)

1. Sandy or gritty.
   • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 16:

     ...or fills up the tubular vessels there with sabulous matter.

   • 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 166:

     The patient perspired frequently and freely, ceased to take nourishment, and was taken with vomiting; the urine became sabulous, the sleep was agitated, the dyspnœa and the palpitations augmented, and he died the 2d of January.

See also

• arenaceous