contexture

English

Etymology

From Middle French contexture, from contexte + -ure after texture.

Noun

contexture (countable and uncountable, plural contextures)

1. A weaving together of parts.
2. A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
3. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
4. The structural character of a thing.
   • 1657, Henry Wotton, Characters of some Kings of England:

     He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.

5. Context. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• contextural

 

Verb

contexture (third-person singular simple present contextures, present participle contexturing, simple past and past participle contextured)

1. (transitive) To weave together.

References

• “contexture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛk.styʁ/

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Noun

contexture f (plural contextures)

1. contexture

Further reading

• “contexture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Participle

contextūre

1. vocative masculine singular of contextūrus