polygonousadj.
/pəˈlɪɡənəs/, /pɒˈlɪɡənəs/, U.S. /pəˈlɪɡənəs/ Now rare.
= polygonal adj.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal
polygon1570
multangular1606
multilateral1606
multangled1611
polygonal1653
multangulous1660
polygonous1660
polyangular1675
polygonial1701
polygonar1715
polygonic1792
multi-angular1842
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > polygonal
polygon1570
multangular1606
multilateral1606
multangled1611
quinquangled1636
multangulous1660
polygonous1660
polyangular1675
polygonar1715
polygonal1757
polygonic1792
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional > with particular section or base > polygonal
polygonal1653
polygonial1701
polygonar1715
polygonous1728
polygon1762
polygonic1792
1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements xii. 296 Like polygonous figures [L. polygona]..described in circles..are one to another, as the squares described of the diameters of the circles.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Column Polygonous Column, has several Sides, or Faces: The most Regular of these have eight Faces.
1789 J. Keir First Pt. Dict. Chem. 172/1 This ammoniacal salt shoots into polygonous crystals.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 726 Harmony of design seems entirely wanting in this vast polygonous building.
1876 J. Thomas Comprehensive Med. Dict. 472/2 Retiped... Having the skin of the legs divided into small polygonous scales.
1923 W. A. Holl tr. E. Rignano Psychol. Reasoning iv. 81 We transform..the object of our thought from a sum of a certain number of ‘polygonous’ angles into..a different number of base angles.
1999 A. Spanos Probability Theory & Statist. Inference ix. 501 The effect of increasing the size of n is to render the graph increasingly more polygonous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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