rhomboidicaladj.
/rɒmˈbɔɪdᵻkl/, U.S. /rɑmˈbɔɪdək(ə)l/ Now rare.
= rhomboid adj. 2, rhomboidal adj. 1.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral > diamond, lozenge, or rhomb
lozenge-like1551
lozengy1602
diamond-cut1637
diamonded1642
lozenge1658
rhomboidal1658
rhomboideal1677
rhomboid1681
rhombic1701
rhomboidicala1703
star-cut1704
rhombeous1773
rhombed1776
rhombiform1825
lozenge-shaped1833
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > quadrilateral > rhombic
rhomboidal1658
rhomboideal1677
rhomboid1681
rhombic1701
rhomboidicala1703
rhombeous1773
rhombed1776
rhombiform1825
a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 292 If the outward Part be shap'd into a Rhomboidical parallepiped, the inward Part of it is shap'd in the same manner.
1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 12 Dec. (1778) He tore them up with an inclining plow, in rhomboidical stitches of fourteen or fifteen inches wide.
1849 G. Head Rome III. xv. 151 The coffers are, instead of rhomboidical, rectangular.
1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian Iceland xvi. 238 One of Gretti's handiworks, a rhomboidical stone, some six feet long by five feet broad.
1913 G. Lunge Manuf. Sulphuric Acid (ed. 4) I. iii. 1570 Meigs..arranges inside the chamber a hollow, rhomboïdical ‘deflector’.
1985 L.Black Builder's Ref. Bk. (ed. 12) xix. 370 Only a few rectangular tiles are included: a few hexagonal or rhomboidical tiles are occasionally used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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