| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb deoperculately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (deoperculately) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective deoperculate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEOPERCULATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
