farctate

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Definition of farctate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (obsolete)Stuffed; filled solid.
    “Stem stout and farctate.”
    “In species such as P. lejolisii, the young tetrasporangia are pigmented and the sporangium remains farctate throughout development, with the eventual septa appearing as thin lines in side view.”
    “a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp”
    “Its surface is possessed of a mild satin glow, an encircling gestalt which seems independent of stock solar light. It is otherwise farctate.”
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adj

  1. (obsolete)Stuffed; filled solid.
    “Stem stout and farctate.”
    “In species such as P. lejolisii, the young tetrasporangia are pigmented and the sporangium remains farctate throughout development, with the eventual septa appearing as thin lines in side view.”
    “a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp”
    “Its surface is possessed of a mild satin glow, an encircling gestalt which seems independent of stock solar light. It is otherwise farctate.”
  2. (broadly)Full.
    “A statement farctate with meaning for those who throughout the years have made Brown Hall their home.”
    “It is farctate with the sort of statistics that paper-writers love quoting.”
    “Bailey's blurting, jilted phrases are a riot of rhythmic invention because they forever turn on the contradiction between public rhetoric and private conscience – as farctate with dynamics, unlikely contrasts and neologisms as a soliloquy in a Shakespeare play.”
  3. Stuffed; full from overeating.
    “In the hotel restaurant, we had a seventeen-course banquet that we washed down with vodka, cognac, and beer. We walked out farctate, belching, and flatulent.”
    “Picnics are like parachutes: to avoid surprises, you should always pack your own. Bapped offcuts and a thermos of some hotel's dishwater soup are most unwelcome, and unless we are going to enjoy an afternoon's farctate snooze I prefer to travel light with a simple 'piece' in my pocket (buttered oatcake, cheddar, saucisson sec, Kendal Mint Cake): besides, normal lunchtimes often coincide with fish-taking times, so it can prove counterproductive to stop.”

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Etymology

Latin farctus + -ate (verb-forming suffix), perfect passive participle of farciō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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