rugose

English

WOTD – 11 April 2007

Etymology

From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹʊˈɡəʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊs

Adjective

rugose (comparative more rugose, superlative most rugose)

1. Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
2. (figuratively, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.
3. (botany) Having a rough, wrinkled surface; Parasynthetic, e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.
4. (paleontology) Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
5. (entomology) Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.

Derived terms

• rugose mosaic
• rugosimeter

Translations

having wrinkles, creases, or ridges

• Irish: rocach
• Latin: rūgōsus m

• Spanish: rugoso (es) m

having a rough wrinkled surface

• Irish: rocach

• Latin: rūgōsus m

Anagrams

• -gerous, Rogues, grouse, orgues, rogues, rouges

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Italian

Adjective

rugose

1. Feminine plural of adjective rugoso.

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Latin

Adjective

rūgōse

1. vocative masculine singular of rūgōsus