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polygonous, a. Now rare or Obs.|pəˈlɪgənəs|
[f. L. polygōn-um + -ous.]
= polygonal a.
1660Barrow Euclid xii. i. 296 Like polygonous figures..described in circles..are one to another, as the squares described of the diameters of circles. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Column, Polygonous Column has several sides, or faces: the most regular of these have eight faces. 1789J. Keir Dict. Chem. 172/1 This ammoniacal salt shoots into polygonous crystals. 1842Blackw. Mag. LI. 726 Harmony of design seems entirely wanting in this vast polygonous building. |