English Explanatory Dictionary

diverticuli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Misconstruction of diverticula.

Word forms

diverticuli

Etymology

By misremembering a neuter Latin noun as being a masculine one. The same error happens with others as well (for example, with *inoculus/inoculi for inoculum/inocula); it is relevant in scientific contexts where English uses many learned borrowings from New Latin.

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