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单词 angulous
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angulousadj.

Brit. /ˈaŋɡjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡjələs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin angulōsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin angulōsus having an angle or angles, angular (Pliny) < angulus angle n.2 + -ōsus -ous suffix.Compare Middle French, French anguleux (1539).
Now rare.
Having (many or prominent) angles; = angulose adj.
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a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2259 (MED) Mak bosumy and angulous the wal.
1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies ii. 7 The hilly knobs and angulous parts of the Loadstone may be sawen away with sand or emery.
1691 J. Scougall tr. D. Beddevole Ess. Anat. 24 Since Acids are the most solid and most angulous Molecules, all that can befall them by the mixture of Phlegme is dissolution.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sow-Thistle The Stem is angulous.
1788 tr. C. C. Sturm Refl. Wks. God II. 172 The iron bars, which were to serve as electrical conductors, were too angulous and too much pointed.
1850 A. W. Pugin Some Remarks Eccl. Archit. 7 As square angulous black Gothic letter as I could possibly desire for a monumental brass plate.
1898 Jrnl. N.-China Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 28 171 The seeds are as large as hemp seed, red and angulous.
1982 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 69 1189/1 Globulous granules, which are ca. 0.5 μm in diameter and angulous in outline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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