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Fimbriate

//ˈfɪm.bɹi.eɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions. not-comparable

    "the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a fringe of slender processes wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To fringe; to hem. transitive
  2. 2
    To apply a thin border (a fimbriation) to some element, often to satisfy the rule of tincture. transitive

    "Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſly diſguiſed, are enough to diſtinguiſh all the ſeverall families of Gentlemen in England."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fimbriātus (“fibrous, fringed”), participial adjective formed on fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix). See -ate (verb-forming suffix), -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin fimbriātus (“fibrous, fringed”), participial adjective formed on fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix). See -ate (verb-forming suffix), -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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