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tegument en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/
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Etymology

Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating.
   • 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
2. (obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Forms

Deriveds

tegumental · tegumented · tegumentary

Relateds

integument

Translations (9)

fr revêtement (something which covers) · de Bedeckung (something which covers) · pl osłona (something which covers) · cy tegmentwm (something which covers) · cy pilyn (something which covers) · cy gorchudd (something which covers) · fr couverture (something which covers) · pl oprawa (something which covers) · io tegumento (something which covers)