Nebule
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A decorative wavy or curly pattern; moulding of an undulating or wavy form.
"The most common mouldings are the billet, the nail-head, the chevron, the zig-zag or embattled frette, hatchet, nebule, star, rope, beak-head, dog-tooth, and, occasionally, different sorts of foliage, as the vine[…]"
- 2 a small cloud wordnet
- 3 A single dose intended to be taken using a nebulizer.
"For exaample, leachables from glues used to apply labels to the outer wraps of nebule formulations were being found inside the nebule formulation."
- 1 Alternative form of nebulé, nebuly. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"Barry nebule of ſix Pieces, Argent and Gules; pertained to Sir Richard Damery, a Baron in the Days of King Ed. 3."
Example
More examples"The most common mouldings are the billet, the nail-head, the chevron, the zig-zag or embattled frette, hatchet, nebule, star, rope, beak-head, dog-tooth, and, occasionally, different sorts of foliage, as the vine[…]"
Etymology
From Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”), though the first sense ("a decorative wavy pattern", as a noun) is perhaps a misunderstanding of the adjective nebulé (“wavy”).