Meanings
comparative more navicular · superlative most navicular
- Relating to boats.
Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.
1874, The Canadian Monthly and National Review, volume 5, page 469
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA navicular bone.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
- Latinnāvicula
- Late Latinnāviculāris“boat shaped”
- Middle Frenchnaviculaire
- Englishnavicular
Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
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Bulgarian лодковиден
- лодковиден (lodkoviden)Shaped like a boat
Catalan navicular
- navicularShaped like a boat
Chinese Mandarin 舟形的
- 舟形的Shaped like a boat
French naviculaire
- naviculaireShaped like a boat
Italian navicolare
- navicolareShaped like a boat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with navicular
Cite this entry
navicular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navicular
“navicular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navicular. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “navicular,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navicular.
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