stramineous

English

Etymology

From Latin strāmineus, from strāmen (“straw”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɹəˈmɪn.ɪəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɹəˈmɪn.i.əs/

Adjective

stramineous (comparative more stramineous, superlative most stramineous)

1. Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection iv:

     Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport […]; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.

2. (botany) Straw-coloured.