English Explanatory Dictionary

favaginous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.

Word forms

favaginous more favaginous most favaginous

Etymology

Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).

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