setaceousadj.

/sɪˈteɪʃəs/

Forms: Also 1800s setateous.

Etymology: < modern Latin sētāceus, < Latin sēta bristle: see -aceous suffix.

1. Having the form or character of a bristle. Chiefly in scientific use (Anatomy, Zoology, Botany), of the nature of a seta or setae.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > consisting of or resembling hair

thready1597

setaceous1664

capillaceous1731

byssaceous1835

awn-like1879

the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > coarse, bristling

cursed1565

strong1576

stubby1609

setose1661

setaceous1664

bristling1760

setous1822

wire hair1845

stubbly1849

abristle1891

toothbrushy1904

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > bristly > having the form of a bristle

setaceous1664

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 273 These setaceous prickles.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. vi. 427 The Parent-Insect, with its stiff setaceous Tail, terebrates the Rib of the Leaf.

1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 168 The Gattorugine... The teeth slender, almost setaceous.

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 391 The setaceous hairy substance growing on the outside of the pod.

1836 T. Bell in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 474/1 The cats and..the seals, in which animals the long elastic setaceous whiskers are so useful as feelers.

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 19 Justicia nigricans... Bractes setaceous.

1882–4 M. C. Cooke Brit. Fresh-water Algæ I. 120 Thallus very thick, setaceous.

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a. Furnished or covered with setae or bristles, bristly. setaceous Hebrew-character: a book-name for the moth Noctua C-nigrum (A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica (1803) 226; E. Newman Brit. Moths (1869) 346).

b. jocularly. Bristly, unshaven.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > unshaven

unshaven1382

unrazored1637

unshaved1648

setaceous1787

unshaveable1809

stubbly1854

stubbled1913

stubble-grown1916

1787 Minor ii. i. 66 My father's broad, setaceous visage alternately displayed specimens of all the various colours.

Derivatives

seˈtaceously adv.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adverb] > with hair

setaceously1821

strigosely1866

1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 14 The serratures or little teeth being sometimes only setaceously armed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	setaceous
释义	setaceousadj. /sɪˈteɪʃəs/ Forms: Also 1800s setateous. Etymology: < modern Latin sētāceus, < Latin sēta bristle: see -aceous suffix. 1. Having the form or character of a bristle. Chiefly in scientific use (Anatomy, Zoology, Botany), of the nature of a seta or setae. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > consisting of or resembling hair thready1597 setaceous1664 capillaceous1731 byssaceous1835 awn-like1879 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > coarse, bristling cursed1565 strong1576 stubby1609 setose1661 setaceous1664 bristling1760 setous1822 wire hair1845 stubbly1849 abristle1891 toothbrushy1904 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > bristly > having the form of a bristle setaceous1664 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 273 These setaceous prickles. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. vi. 427 The Parent-Insect, with its stiff setaceous Tail, terebrates the Rib of the Leaf. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 168 The Gattorugine... The teeth slender, almost setaceous. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 391 The setaceous hairy substance growing on the outside of the pod. 1836 T. Bell in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 474/1 The cats and..the seals, in which animals the long elastic setaceous whiskers are so useful as feelers. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 19 Justicia nigricans... Bractes setaceous. 1882–4 M. C. Cooke Brit. Fresh-water Algæ I. 120 Thallus very thick, setaceous. 2. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Furnished or covered with setae or bristles, bristly. setaceous Hebrew-character: a book-name for the moth Noctua C-nigrum (A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica (1803) 226; E. Newman Brit. Moths (1869) 346). b. jocularly. Bristly, unshaven. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > unshaven unshaven1382 unrazored1637 unshaved1648 setaceous1787 unshaveable1809 stubbly1854 stubbled1913 stubble-grown1916 1787 Minor ii. i. 66 My father's broad, setaceous visage alternately displayed specimens of all the various colours. Derivatives seˈtaceously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adverb] > with hair setaceously1821 strigosely1866 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 14 The serratures or little teeth being sometimes only setaceously armed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1664
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