pulvinate

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin pulvinatus, from pulvinus (“a cushion, an elevation”).

Adjective edit

pulvinate (comparative more pulvinate, superlative most pulvinate)

(architecture) Curved convexly or swelled.
a pulvinated frieze
(zoology) Having the form of a cushion.

Synonyms edit

pulvinated

Derived terms edit

subpulvinate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pulvinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin edit

Adjective edit

pulvīnāte

vocative masculine singular of pulvīnātus