contexture
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French contexture, from contexte + -ure after texture.[1]
Noun edit
contexture (countable and uncountable, plural contextures)
- A weaving together of parts.
- A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
- The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
- The structural character of a thing.
- 1657, Henry Wotton, Characters of some Kings of England:
- He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
- Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.
- Context. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Verb edit
contexture (third-person singular simple present contextures, present participle contexturing, simple past and past participle contextured)
- (transitive) To weave together.
References edit
- “contexture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “contexture”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
contexture f (plural contextures)
Further reading edit
- “contexture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Participle edit
contextūre