Meanings
comparative more araneous · superlative most araneous
- Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
the araneous membrane of the eye
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The next thing I shall take notice, of will relate to the humours of the eye, and that only concerning the mechanism of the crystalline humour; not its incomparable transparency; nor its exact lenticular from; nor its curious araneous membrane
1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLCSynonyms: araneose
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExtremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
Origin
- Latinaraneosus
- Englisharaneous
From Latin araneosus, from aranea (“spider, spider's web”).
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