diverticle

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noun

A turning; a byway.

OriginLatin diverticulum →
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Meanings

noundiverticle (plural diverticles)

plural diverticles

  1. obsoleteA turning; a byway.

    the descrying of the several passages from them unto particular conclusions, and the Diverticles and blind By-paths which Sophifſry and Deceit are wont to tread

    1659, John Hales, “Abuses of hard Places of Scripture”, in Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
  2. obsoleteanatomyA diverticulum.

Origin

  1. Latindiverticulum
  2. Englishdiverticle

From Latin diverticulum, deverticulum (“a bypath”), from divertere (“to turn away”).

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