Navicular
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A navicular bone.
- 2 the largest wrist bone on the thumb side wordnet
- 1 Shaped like a boat.
- 2 Relating to boats.
"Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole."
- 1 shaped like a boat wordnet
Example
More examples"Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
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