Hamous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hamose. obsolete

    "I am very apt to think, that the tenacity of bodies does not proceed from the hamous, or hooked particles, as the Epicureans and some modern Philosophers have imagin'd […]."

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"I am very apt to think, that the tenacity of bodies does not proceed from the hamous, or hooked particles, as the Epicureans and some modern Philosophers have imagin'd […]."

Etymology

Latin hamus (“hook”), + -ous.

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