† foraminousadj.
Obsolete.
Full of holes, perforated, porous.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes
holey1398
sieve-like1605
windowed1608
open-waled1611
open1625
foraminous1626
windowya1631
honeycombed1633
foraminulous1664
cribrous1674
cribriform1741
riddled1785
cribrose1857
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §215 Soft and Foraminous Bodies.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 135 The..foraminous roundles upon the leaf.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 8 Bespeck'd here and there with black spots..all foraminous.
1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 137 The rocky foraminous grotto.
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