fimbriate
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Definition of fimbriate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To fringe; to hem.
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verb
- (transitive)To fringe; to hem.
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(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
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(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).
Words you can make from fimbriate
200+ playable · top: FIMBRIAE (15 pts)
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13 words5-letter words
39 words- BARFI 10 pts
- BEFIT 10 pts
- BRIEF 10 pts
- FERMI 10 pts
- FIBER 10 pts
- FIBRE 10 pts
- FRAME 10 pts
- AMBER 9 pts
- AMBIT 9 pts
- BREAM 9 pts
- EMBAR 9 pts
- IAMBI 9 pts
- MBIRA 9 pts
- AFIRE 8 pts
- AFRIT 8 pts
- AFTER 8 pts
- FERIA 8 pts
- IFTAR 8 pts
- REFIT 8 pts
- TREFA 8 pts
- AIMER 7 pts
- AMRIT 7 pts
- ARMET 7 pts
- BITER 7 pts
- MATER 7 pts
- MERIT 7 pts
- MITER 7 pts
- MITRE 7 pts
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- TABER 7 pts
- TAMER 7 pts
- TIBIA 7 pts
- TIMER 7 pts
- TRIBE 7 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
4-letter words
79 words- BARF 9 pts
- FAME 9 pts
- FARM 9 pts
- FIRM 9 pts
- BARM 8 pts
- BEAM 8 pts
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- IAMB 8 pts
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- FAIR 7 pts
- FARE 7 pts
- FART 7 pts
- FATE 7 pts
- FEAR 7 pts
- FEAT 7 pts
- FETA 7 pts
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- FRIT 7 pts
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- ABET 6 pts
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- AIRT 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
3-letter words
59 words- FAB 8 pts
- FAM 8 pts
- FEM 8 pts
- FIB 8 pts
- BAM 7 pts
- MIB 7 pts
- AFT 6 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FAT 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
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- BRA 5 pts
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- MAR 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RIB 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
2-letter words
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