snow-white

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. As white as snow; exceptionally white.
noun
  1. A Caucasian person, especially a woman.

Pronunciation

En-au-snow-white.ogg

Word forms

snow-white snow-whites

Etymology

From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”).

Synonyms

Derived words

Snow White snow-whiteness
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