| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. An alternative spelling for "Ancipitous": Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.[Websters]
2. Being bicephalous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ancipitally.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (ancipitally) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ancipital.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ANCIPITAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ANCIPITAL
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Doubtful, or double; double-faced or double-formed; applied to the stem of a plant, it signifies a two edged stem, compressed and forming two opposite angles.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] having two faces or edges. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
