esquillousadj.

Etymology: < French esquilleux, < esquille ‘small fragment of a fractured bone’ (Littré).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈsquillous.

rare.

Of fracture: Splintery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > flaky or splintery

splinty1611

flaky1672

shivery1683

esquillous1853

1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxix. 168 The serpentine is sometimes of an esquillous, sometimes of a conchoidal fracture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	esquillous
释义	esquillousadj. Etymology: < French esquilleux, < esquille ‘small fragment of a fractured bone’ (Littré).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈsquillous. rare. Of fracture: Splintery. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > flaky or splintery splinty1611 flaky1672 shivery1683 esquillous1853 1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxix. 168 The serpentine is sometimes of an esquillous, sometimes of a conchoidal fracture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1853
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