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araphorostic

araphorostic adjective: seamless, unsewn.

Adjective

araphorostic (not comparable)

  1. Seamless, unsewn.
    • Do you think, because you are as impervious as an araphorostic shoe, that I, John Russelton, am equally impenetrable?1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Pelham, or Adventures of a Gentleman (I. xxxiii. 292)
    • On the territory under consideration, the lower boundary of the Atdabanian is marked by the appearance of Olenellina, early araphorostic trilobites . . .2014 September, IY Gogin, MS Vdovets, “Geosites of International Significance in the UNESCO WHS Lena Pillars Nature Park (Sakha Republic, Russia)”, in Geoheritage, volume 6, number 3

Forms of araphorostic

alternative formaraphostic
alternative formarrhaphostic
alternative formarhaphostic

Origin of araphorostic

From Ancient Greek ἄραφος (áraphos, “not sewed”) + -ic. Cognate with English rhapsody.

Questions about araphorostic

What does araphorostic mean?
Araphorostic means seamless, unsewn.
What part of speech is araphorostic?
Araphorostic is an adjective.

Words near araphorostic in the dictionary

  1. Arapawa
  2. Arapawas
  3. Arapesh
  4. araphid
  5. araphids
  6. araphorostic
  7. araphostic
  8. araponga
  9. arapongas
  10. arapunga
  11. arapungas

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