divaricated

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/dʌɪˈvæɹɪkeɪtɪd/

adjective

Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.

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Meanings

adjectivedivaricated (comparative more divaricated, superlative most divaricated)

comparative more divaricated · superlative most divaricated

  1. Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.

    The warm impress of her warm form. Even to sit where a woman has sat, especially with divaricated thighs, as though to grant the last favours, most especially with previously well uplifted white sateen coatpans.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of divaricate
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APA

divaricated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divaricated

MLA

“divaricated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divaricated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divaricated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divaricated.

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