Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mealy
Mealy
mealy
adj. (mealier, mealiest) 1 a of or like meal; soft and powdery. b containing meal. 2 (of a complexion) pale. 3 (of a horse) spotty. 4 (in full mealy-mouthed) not outspoken; afraid to use plain expressions. Phrases and idioms mealy bug any insect of the genus Pseudococcus, infesting vines etc., whose body is covered with white powder. Derivatives mealiness n.
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adjective (mealier; -est) Date: 1591 containing meal ; farinaceous, soft, dry, and friable, 3. covered with meal or with fine granules, flecked with another color, spotty, uneven, pallid, blanched , ~mouthed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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