Favaginous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling a honeycomb; cellular. obsolete
"A like ordination there is in the favaginous Sockets, and Lozenge seeds of the noble flower of the Sunne."
Example
More examples"A like ordination there is in the favaginous Sockets, and Lozenge seeds of the noble flower of the Sunne."
Etymology
Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).
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