hamous

English

Etymology

Latin hamus (“hook”), +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Adjective

hamous (comparative more hamous, superlative most hamous)

1. (obsolete) Hamose.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section III:

     I am very apt to think, that the tenacity of bodies does not proceed from the hamous, or hooked particles, as the Epicureans and some modern Philosophers have imagin'd […].

Anagrams

• mohuas