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/stɹəˈmɪn.ɪəs/ · adjective
(obsolete) Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial..
Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport […]; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.
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Stramineous means (obsolete) Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial..
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Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport […]; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.
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