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amblygon, a. and n.|ˈæmblɪgən|
Also ambligon.
[a. Fr. amblygone, or ad. its original, med.L. ambligōni-us, ad. Gr. ἀµβλυγώνι-ος obtuse-angled, f. ἀµβλύ-ς blunt + γωνία corner, angle.]
†A. adj. Obtuse-angled. Obs.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas (1621) 290 As the buildings ambligon May more receive than mansions oxigon. 1796[see amblygonal].
B. n. (at first used in L. form amblygonium.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. triangle.
1570Billingsley Euclid i. def. 28 An ambligonium or an obtuse angled triangle. 1623Cockeram, Amblygone, A flat Triangle. 1706Phillips, Amblygon, a Figure that has an obtuse or blunt Angle; any plain Figure, whose Sides make an obtuse Angle one with another. 1721Bailey, Amblygon, a Figure that has an obtuse Angle. [So in Ash, and mod. Dicts.] |