fimbriate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪm.bɹi.eɪt/
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/ˈfɪm.bɹi.eɪt/ · /ˈfɪm.bɹiət/ · /ˈfɪm.bɹi.ɪt/

Definition of fimbriate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To fringe; to hem.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To fringe; to hem.
  2. (transitive)To apply a thin border (a fimbriation) to some element, often to satisfy the rule of tincture.
    “Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſly diſguiſed, are enough to diſtinguiſh all the ſeverall families of Gentlemen in England.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
    “the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fimbriātus (“fibrous, fringed”), participial adjective formed on fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix). See -ate (verb-forming suffix), -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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