pulveral

English

Etymology

From Latin pulvis +‎ -al.

Adjective

pulveral (not comparable)

1. (rare) Relating to powder.

   Synonym: powdery

   • 1657, Joannes Renodæus [i.e., Jean de Renou], translated by Richard Tomlinson, A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing the Whole Body of Physick: […], London: […] Jo[hn] Streater and Ja[mes] Cottrel, book V ([…]), page 178:

     They are given in divers formes, either liquid, which muſt be attracted by the noſe, or ſolid, which muſt be ingeſted into the noſtrills, or pulverall, which muſt be ſnuffed up.

   • 1788, [Ignace] De M[ouradja] d’Ohsson, anonymous translator, Oriental Antiquities, and General View of the Othoman Customs, Laws, and Ceremonies: […], Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Select Committee and Grand Lodge of Enquiry, page 305:

     Pulveral purifications can only be uſed where pure water is wanting.

   • 1921 April 17, L. A. W. Brook, “Correspondence: Stone Circles in Gambia”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LVIII, number 1, London: Royal Geographical Society, published 1921 July, page 76:

     The appearance and design of the stones would suggest that in turning, shaping, and polishing the architects used pulveral processes of workmanship.

   • 1985, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba, translated by Alan Sheridan, “The frontier of the sexes”, in Sexuality in Islam, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, part I (The Islamic view of sexuality), page 42:

     If he dies before his sex is determined, he will not be washed.⁵⁵ But he will be given simply a pulveral lustration (tayammum).

     [original: S’il meurt avant qu’on soit fixé sur son sexe on ne le lavera pas⁵. Mais on se contentera d’une simple lustration pulvérale (tayamam).]

Translations

relating to powder — see powdery