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Definition: FIMBRICATE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.[Websters]
2. Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects.[Websters]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb fimbricately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fimbricately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fimbricate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Fimbricate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FIMBRICATE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.[Websters]
2. Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects.[Websters]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb fimbricately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fimbricately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fimbricate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FIMBRICATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)