The Collaborative International Dictionary
Niveous
Niveous \Niv"e*ous\, a. [L. niveus, fr. nix, nivis, snow.]
Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.
--Sir T. Browne.
Wiktionary
niveous
a. snowy; resembling snow.
Usage examples of "niveous".
Purple dust and niveous spiral galaxy, a plain of hyaline rock broken by pyrgoidal clusters ringed in fire, temperatures sliding a groove betwixt boiling and freezing.