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favaginous

adj

Etymology

Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).

  1. derived from favus

Definitions

  1. Resembling a honeycomb

    Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.

    • A like ordination there is in the favaginous Sockets, and Lozenge seeds of the noble flower of the Sunne.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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