favaginous

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adjective

Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.

OriginLatin favus →
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Meanings

adjectivefavaginous (comparative more favaginous, superlative most favaginous)

comparative more favaginous · superlative most favaginous

  1. obsoleteResembling a honeycomb; cellular.

    A like ordination there is in the favaginous Sockets, and Lozenge seeds of the noble flower of the Sunne.

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 181

Origin

  1. Latinfavus“honeycomb”
  2. Englishfavaginous

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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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “favaginous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favaginous.

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