English Explanatory Dictionary

arborescent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.
  2. Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).

Pronunciation

/ɑːbəˈɹɛsənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arborescent.wav /ɑːɹbəˈɹɛsənt/

Word forms

arborescent more arborescent most arborescent

Etymology

From Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). First attested around 1675. The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn.

Derived words

arborescence arborescent appendage arborescently semiarborescent subarborescent
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