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globule

noun
/ˈɡlɒbjuːl/UK/ˈɡlɑbjul/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin globuluslbor. French globulebor. English globule From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).

  1. derived from globulus
  2. borrowed from globule

Definitions

  1. A small round particle of substance

    A small round particle of substance; a drop.

    • Suppoſe now that in a fair Day the Sun ſhines through a thin Cloud of ſuch globules of Water or Hail, and that the globules are all of the ſame bigneſs[…]
    • A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like scum on a rustic pool.
    • They described the eggs as spherical in shape, highly transparent with a thin, horny egg membrane and a relatively wide perivitelline space. Each egg contained a single oil globule.

The neighborhood

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