filaceous
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin fīlum (“thread”) + -aceous.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
filaceous (comparative more filaceous, superlative most filaceous)
- (rare) Composed of threads, stringy.
- Synonym: filamentous
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- It is the stalk that maketh the filaceous matter commonly
- 1991, Mário A. Barbosa, Biomaterials Degradation:
- this organic layer on the ceramic is the remnants of the fibrin adhesive which appear as a short, filaceous structure of subcellular dimensions
References edit
- “filaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.