Fimbriate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To fringe; to hem. transitive
- 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."
- 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"
- 1 having a fringe of slender processes wordnet
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More examples"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
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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