snow-white

English

adj
Definitions
  • As white as snow; exceptionally white.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English snow whit inherited from Old English snāwhwīt inherited from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz‎ compound from English snow + English white (a white-skinned person, bright and colorless).

Origin

English

white

Gloss

a white-skinned person, bright and colorless

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