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favaginous en · ADJ

Etymology

Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.
   • A like ordination there is in the favaginous Sockets, and Lozenge seeds of the noble flower of the Sunne. 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 181:

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