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false cirrus

noun
/ˌfɔːls ˈsɪɹəs/UK/ˌfɔls ˈsɪɹəs/US

Etymology

From false + cirrus.

  1. learned borrowing from cirrī
  2. learned borrowing from cirrus — “curl; fringe of clothes; mane (especially forelock) of a horse; etc”
  3. compounded as false cirrus — “false + cirrus”

Definitions

  1. A cloud formation that visually resembles but is not a true cirrus cloud, such as a cloud…

    A cloud formation that visually resembles but is not a true cirrus cloud, such as a cloud having high, wispy features due to various atmospheric conditions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for false cirrus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA