English search results for: fibrous

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. fibroma, fibrous tumor
  • Age: Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. characterized by/full of cartilage/other tough fibrous tissue, very gristly
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)