Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, stuffed; crammed or full; without vacuities: opposed to tubular or hollow: as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp. Also applied to the stipes of Agaricini.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.), obsolete Stuffed; filled solid; ; -- opposed to
tubular orhollow .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare, obsolete The state of having
overeaten . - adjective botany, obsolete Stuffed; filled solid.
Etymologies
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Latin farctus, past participle of farcire. See farce.
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hernesheir commented on the word farctate
Precisely how a force-fed goose must feel.
August 28, 2009
bilby commented on the word farctate
*snort*
August 28, 2009
john commented on the word farctate
Century Dictionary, via Wordnik, says this means "stuffed; crammed or full; without vacuities."
Without vacuities. Nice.
August 28, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word farctate
I'm feeling kinda without vacuities right now. Glurgh.
August 28, 2009
reesetee commented on the word farctate
I need dessert to fill my remaining vacuities.
August 31, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word farctate
JM is over eating to a farctate state!
April 2, 2010