filaceous

English

Etymology

Latin fīlum (“thread”) +‎ -aceous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈleɪʃəs/, /faɪˈleɪʃəs/

Adjective

filaceous (comparative more filaceous, superlative most filaceous)

1. (rare) Composed of threads, stringy.

   Synonym: filamentous

   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     It is the stalk that maketh the filaceous matter commonly

   • 1991, Mário A. Barbosa, Biomaterials Degradation:

     this organic layer on the ceramic is the remnants of the fibrin adhesive which appear as a short, filaceous structure of subcellular dimensions

References

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