spatulous
/ˈspætjʊləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[T]he ſhell of teredo is diſtinguiſhed as being tubular, cylindrical, and open at both ends, lower orifice furniſhed with two lozenge-ſhaped valves, and the upper with two ſpatulous opercules."
- "The Nova Scotian Giantess.—A correspondent had the opportunity of inspecting this remarkably large female [Anna Swan] during the exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, and forwards the following notes:— [...] The hand is spatulous; the fingers short and subequal in length."
- "[page 10] Spatulous fingers, by which I mean those somewhat splay shaped, devote themselves to the useful, especially the physically useful, such as agriculture. [...] [page 11] Such fingers have superabundant energy, and though at first sight war appears utterly opposed to the qualities belonging to this spatulous type, it often affords an outlet to a craving for action and excitement which must find vent."
- "And he would turn to Miss Moorsom for approval, lowering protectingly his spatulous nose and looking up with feeling from under his absurd eyebrows, which grew thin, in the manner of canebrakes, out of his spongy skin."
- "Braking mechanism for the front wheels of motor cars comprising a bearing cap mounted on the stub-axle of the car, a double lever pivotally mounted in said bearing cap one end of said lever being of spatulous shape, [...]"
- "A group of syringoceles may open into the urethra by a spatulous ostium; these are classified as perforated syringoceles."
Etymology
From spatula + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting presence of a quality, usually in abundance).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspætjʊləs/
- British English: /ˈspætjʊləs/
Inflected Forms
more spatulous (comparative)
most spatulous (superlative)