#thomas browne

Adjective

[niv-ee-uhs ]

1. resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.

Origin:
1615–25; <Latin niveus snowy, snow-white, of, from snow, equivalent to niv- (stem of nix) snow + -eus -eous

“So Cinaber becomes red by the acide exhalation of sulphur, which otherwise presents a pure and niveous white.“
- Thomas Browne, The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3)