floury

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour +‎ -y. Piecewise doublet of flowery.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaʊɹi/, /ˈflaʊəɹi/
• Rhymes: -aʊɹi
• Rhymes: -aʊəɹi
• Homophone: flowery (in some accents)

floury (comparative flourier, superlative flouriest)

1. Resembling flour.

   Coordinate terms: mealy, grainy, powdery

   These mashed potatoes have a floury texture.

2. Covered in flour.

   The baker wiped his floury hands on his apron.

• unfloury

• wood flour

• fflowre, flourre, flure, flory, floure

From flour +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːriː/

floury

1. Covered in flowers or representations of them; flowery.
2. Prosperous, thriving; experiencing wealth, fame, or success.
3. (cooking, rare) Blanketed in flour; floury.

• English: flowery, floury

• “flǒurī, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 September 2019.
• “flǒurī, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 September 2019.