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from The Century Dictionary.
- Suspended by a thread.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
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- adjective Suspended by, or strung upon, a
thread ; said oftuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlikerootlets .
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logophile commented on the word filipendulous
It's truly a shame nobody really uses filipendulous anymore. (As I type this, the word is underlined in red.) Perhaps revivification of this archaic term can serve delightful and useful purposes.
October 20, 2007