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cucumiform

adj
/kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/UK

Etymology

First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892; formed by the suffixation of cucumi-, the short i-stem of the Latin cucumis (“cucumber”), with the English -form; compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703), cucumiformis (1791) and French cucumeriforme (1777), cucumiforme (1804).

  1. derived from cucumeriforme
  2. derived from -form; compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis
  3. derived from cucumis — “cucumber”

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a cucumber

    Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.

    • Cucumiform (Cucumiformis). Cucumber-shaped. Whose longitudinal section is oblong, and transverse circular.
    • She was there, tumbling the marvelous cucumiform weights down upon a chest which looked as though it would cave in under such manna.

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