fungous en · ADJ
Etymology
From Latin fungōsus. Equivalent to fungus + -ous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to fungi.
With the memory of that roadside claw-print fresh in my mind, Akeley’s whispered paragraphs had affected me queerly; and the hints of familiarity with this unknown world of fungous life—forbidden Yuggoth—made my flesh creep more than I cared to own.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 7, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- (archaic, not-comparable) Of or containing a spongy, abnormal excrescence.