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lanuginous, a. Chiefly scientific.|ləˈnjuːdʒɪnəs|
[ad. L. lānuginōs-us: see prec. and -ous.]
Covered with down or fine soft hair; having a surface resembling down; of the nature of down; downy.
1575Laneham Let. (1871) 56 Lanuginoous az a lad of eyghteen yee[r]z. 1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 670 Hairy or lanuginous Caterpillers. 1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2167 That Lanuginous Stone, called Amianthus. 1684Ibid. XIV. 823 A lanuginous matter exactly resembling that of pappous Plants. 1706E. Baynard in Sir J. Floyer Hot & Cold Bath. ii. 236 The Mouth and Tongue..by reason of its downy and lanuginous Membrane. 1762Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 76/1 Clothed with a lanuginous skin. 1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 28 Found in Lanuginous Crystals on the walls of an old cellar. 1877Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 46 Lanuginous tufts of hair.
Hence laˈnuginousness. (Bailey, vol. II. 1727.) |